by Melvin Burgess · Penguin UK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141018034
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«Doing It» is the young adult novel by Melvin Burgess, published by Penguin UK in paperback (176 pages, in English).
The novel follows three seventeen-year-old boys discovering sex for the first time: Dino desires Jackie, Jonathan fears his friends' opinion about Deborah, and Ben has a secret relationship with his teacher. Burgess combines humor and honesty to portray insecurity, social pressure and youthful desire.
The work was originally published in 2003; this edition appeared in 2004. It won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in the young adult literature category.
Recommended for readers aged 14 to 17 interested in realistic novels about adolescence, sexuality and relationships.
Melvin Burgess is a British writer of children's fiction. He became famous in 1996 with the publication of Junk, about heroin-addicted teenagers on the streets of Bristol. In Britain, Junk became one of the best-known young adult books of the decade. Burgess won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British author. For the 10th anniversary in 2007 it was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite.
