by Melvin Burgess · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140380194
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«Junk» is the young adult novel by Melvin Burgess, published by Penguin in paperback (288 pages, in English).
Gemma and Tar, two teenagers who run away from home, end up in Bristol and are drawn into heroin use and street life. Told through multiple voices, the novel addresses addiction, poverty, homelessness and exploitation, following characters whose search for freedom leads to self-destruction.
The novel, originally published in 1996, was recognized with the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, and is aimed at readers aged 12 and up.
For those seeking a raw, realistic young adult story about addiction and life on the margins.
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.
