Junk
(3 reviews with an average rating of 5 out of 5)
Publisher: Andersen Press
Review
Tar loves Gemma, but Gemma doesn't want to be tied down to anyone or anything. Gemma wants to fly - but she can't fly forever...
Melvin Burgess's disturbing story of a group of teenagers on the slippery slope into heroin addiction is a contemporary teen classic. An honest account of the realities of drug use, it presents a frank and very believable portrayal of addiction. Winner of both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, this uncompromising story is best suited to mature teenage readers.
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What you thought...
Average rating:
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Cerys, Walsall, 19 April 2015
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Amazing!
lucie, angmeirng, 18 October 2013
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This book was brilliant. It was in turn both exciting and shocking which i have come to expect when reading any story by Melvin Burgess. I read this just after reading the Ghost Behind the Wall by him and the contrasts between the two novels were immense. I have since then passed Junk on to every teenager who is a voracious reader as i think every young adult should read this book.
Beth Khalil, Charles Thorp Comprehensive School, 06 November 2012
This book was brilliant! It always kept me interested at every page. I loved how the characters developed through out the book.