by Melvin Burgess, Laetitia Devaux · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070539949
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«Junk» is the young adult novel by Melvin Burgess, published by Gallimard in paperback (346 pages, in French).
Two English teenagers, Gemma and Nico, live in a small seaside town near Bristol. Amid unemployment and lack of prospects, their story delves into the world of drugs and portrays the harsh living conditions of youth in contemporary society.
The French edition was published on August 29, 2002 in the Scripto collection by Gallimard Jeunesse.
For readers seeking realistic stories about adolescence and its difficulties.
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.
