Junk
Published on 6. March 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-0-14-131593-5 (ISBN)
Description
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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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Target group
Children/juvenile
Interest Age: From 12 years
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
368 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-131593-5 (9780141315935)
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Persons
Melvin Burgess was born in London in 1954. He began to train as a journalist but left after six months. He has had a variety of jobs as diverse as bricklaying and silk-screen printing. An Enterprise Allowance Scheme gave him the chance to develop his writing and his books for children are very highly regarded. Melvin lives in Lancashire.