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Original Title:	Junk
ISBN:	0380732238 (ISBN13: 9780380732234)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Jerry, Sal, David "Tar" Lawson, Gemma Brogan, Skolly, Vonny, Lily, Richard Hacket
Setting:	Bristol, England
Literary Awards:	Guardian Children's Fiction Prize (1997), Carnegie Medal (1996)

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Melvin Burgess

Paperback | Pages: 293 pages

Rating: 3.89 | 17758 Users | 738 Reviews

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"Not suitable for younger readers" - the warning on the back cover is well worth taking seriously.

A classic and well-deserving Carnegie Medal winner, Junk is painful to read for the reason that it is truthful, accurate and told in the voices of young people falling victim to heroin addiction. They go through the various phases of invincibility delusion, adjustment to ever sinking standards, criminal behaviour, prostitution, desperate pain and physical downward spiralling while telling their life stories through their teenage perspective.

It strongly reminded me of the true story of Christiane F., whose witness account on teenage drug addiction in Berlin in the 1970s was made into a book and later into a film, Wir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo. It haunted me for years after I read it in my early adolescence, and it leaves me pondering on what to do with Junk. Should I let my students and children read it? It is very good, and it will hardly trigger a healthy and stable young adult to try drugs. But it is a brutal account of violence and prostitution, and it might leave them with nightmares. Should one shield teenagers from the worst hardships, or let them discover the world in all its ugliness?

That question always comes up when the American Library Association announces the latest banned or challenged books in school libraries. Most of the time, it concerns sexuality, bad language, violence or politically motivated messages. But this is teenage health and wellbeing potentially at risk.

I guess there is no definitive answer to what is suitable for young adults, but I tend towards letting them read whatever interests them, while being ready in the background to talk to them and offer a platform for reflection.

I will go with Oscar Wilde:

"There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book.
Books are well written, or badly written. That is all."

This one is well written.

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Title	:	Smack
Author	:	Melvin Burgess
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Anniversary Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 293 pages
Published	:	May 1st 1999 by HarperTempest (first published November 14th 1996)
Categories	:	Young Adult. Fiction. Contemporary

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Ratings: 3.89 From 17758 Users | 738 Reviews

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Original review I dont think Junk is powerful. Okay, it gives us the reality of being a junk and what the consequences are, but I dont think the story is that great. There were many times that the characters were so annoying and were talking about things that werent even important. BUT it did affect me, even though it was in a negative way. In the beginning and in the middle of the book, when they didnt talk about the negative parts of all the drugs, I felt the urge to do it myself. I felt the

Junk is the drugs book against which I judge all drugs books, and so far nothings come close to matching Melvin Burgesss unflinching portrayal of Bristols City Road in the 1980s through a heroin-addled lens.Burgess has no time for either hushed, poetic contemplations on heroin or clumsy, moralistic incitements to Just Say No. Without pretension, he wades into his milieu with its squats, street kids and punk music and matter-of-factly delivers a taut, compelling drama. Two naive 14-year-olds

After an exciting trip to a different library near me as my closest is very small and the YA section is even smaller. I went into this library with the intention to get a couple of extra books and ended up coming out with 12 books. I couldve easily got more but my library account would not let me. This book really stood out to me and not just because of the reflective needle plastered across the front cover. I had already seen reviews saying how it so gritty and one of the best UKYA they had



This isn't a terrible book, but I feel like I want to jump into it and smack every single one of these frustrating characters. It does a good job of simply saying FOR THE LOVE OF THE GODDESS'S SWEET BOOBS DON'T DO HEROIN! DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! It will RUIN your life and you'll talk like you know everything and everyone will want to hit you as a result.12/2016So I read this book again and it still stresses me out. I reckon I'm trying to scare myself into not trying heroin since I am on

** spoiler alert ** I first read this in my teens and have been through about five copies of it. Wonderful because of its harshness. The nature of addiction shown through the gradual destruction of the characters, the acceptance of doing horrible things in order to get a fix and not a particularly happy ending.No one is really redeemed, just destroyed. Grace

Rating: 4.3 stars,but I'm giving it 5 stars on here because I think the book's overall rating on this site is too low.Genre: Edgy Young Adult.Subject: A realistic look at heroine addicts in England.Synopsis: Gemma runs away from home because her parents are too strict, Tar runs away because his father hits him. Different reasons, but the same end result. They become addicted to heroine and will do anything to get a high. Over the span of five years we are taken through their lives and meet the