An edition of Junk
(1996)
Junk
by Melvin Burgess
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Tells, in the voices of many individuals, of two fourteen-year-old runaways in Bristol, England, who find a home with anarchists and get involved in vandalism, shoplifting, and prostitution to support their growing addiction to heroin.
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Anarchists, Drama, Drug abuse, Fiction, Friendship, Heroin, Heroin habit, Juvenile Literature, Juvenile fiction, Prostitution, Runaways, Young adult fiction, Drug addicts, Social conditions, Heroin abuse, British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author), Juvenile drama, Social life and customs, Civilization, Manners and customs, London (england), fiction, Runaways, fiction, Children's fiction, Drug addiction, fictionPlaces
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Carnegie Medal, 1996.
Guardian Award for Children's Fiction, 1997.
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An uncompromising, compelling and true-to-life story of two teenagers drawn into the dangerous and destructive world of heroin addiction. This tour de force by an acclaimed and provocative writer should become a definitive teenage novel on this subject.
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