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Junk (Puffin Teenage Fiction) | 
 enlarge | Author: Melvin Burgess
Publisher: Puffin Books
Category: Book
List Price: £4.99
Buy Used: £1.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 383976
Media: Paperback
Edition: Film & TV Tie-in Ed
Pages: 288
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
ISBN: 0141305576
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780141305578
ASIN: 0141305576
Publication Date: April 20, 1999
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Good condition but slight damage to one of the cover corners.
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Junk is an extraordinary book, and walks a terrain that is at once terrifying and totally compelling.Tar and Gemma are in love. Tar has reasons for running away from home that run deep and sour, whereas Gemma, with her middle-class roots firmly on show, has a deep-rooted lust for adventure. Together they explore the dark world of the streets as, together, they explore the dark world of drugs, moving quickly on from the first hit of heroin that takes them towards bliss, to the next hit that ultimately leads to despair. Melvyn Burgess packs one hell of a punch in Junk, a book that is certainly unnerving in its honesty about two teenagers and their very different reasons for wanting to flee their families and their lives. The narrative is simple and to the point, adding fire to the characterisation of the two main protagonists as they dive deeper into their love affair with heroin and each other. Burgess hits hard with his convincing handling of controversial subjects ranging from alcohol abuse, prostitution, teenage pregnancy and child abuse, skilfully moving the plot and the characters forward with a pace that mirrors Tar and Gemma's spiralling relationship. Junk is a must-read for any teenager who enjoys gritty realism and a gutsy, honest approach to the books they read. But be warned, this book is not for the faint-hearted: the language is realistic, the situations are occasionally terrifying, and Burgess certainly does not glamorise any aspect of Tar and Gemma's lifestyle. Parents of teenagers should take a close look too. Age 12 and over--Susan Harrison
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This book is the best I've ever read November 8, 2001
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
'Junk' is real life it's hard hitting and it great it makes you stop and think and feel emotions with the characters in the book I was hooked to it and I couldn't put it down I'm on to reading it for the 3rd time I love it so much.
Totally sums up life today! August 24, 2001
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is so true to life today even though it was aimed at Bristol in the 80's. Tar and Gemz remind me of many people i know of today. They go through the same troubles that youth today are going through or have been through. It reflects the attitudes and lifestlyes of the outside generation like the anarchists and the social outcasts - people who get frowned upon by people who have money. It is an easy book for a teenager to relate to and maybe for some adults to relate to. It is definitely worth reading over and over again.
"unputdownable" July 1, 2001
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I read this book because I needed to pick a book and discuss it for an interview for teacher training. I've already read it twice (with about a week's gap in between) and it was just as fresh the second time. It completely bowled me over. The use of different narrators for the book is excellent - Melvin Burgess uses exactly the right voice every time. It made me laugh, it made me cry. It shouldn't just be pigeonholed into the children's section - it's a book that everyone should read!!
Gritty Realism June 30, 2001
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I felt a sense of relief after I'd read this. Unlike mnost of the drug related books I've read in the past this one shows you the consequences but doesn't once preach. The book really opens your eyes and makes you wonder, not that I was naive before I read this but it takes the point further that Junkies aren't just idiots who take risks and steal money, they're real people who just went down the wrong path. Gemma and Tars relationship is an interesting aspect through out, although sometimes questionable, the book and at the end (not giving too much away) he hasn't sugar coated it off saying, in what would have been a totally unacceptable way that they got of the drugs and lived happily ever after with no real consequences. You can relate with the characters and having each chapter with someone else's thoughts makes you feel far more involved. One of the first 'good' fictional/realism books I ever read
 Excellent!!! June 13, 2001
I read this book yesterday. I started it and I couldn't put it down.It was extremely disturbing in the fact that some of the reasons they give seem entirely justifiable, "Live fast, die young" it may seem pathetic, but the way the characters see it, it really makes you question society. I think the most shcoking feature, is the very young age of all the characters. If you really want a dose of reality, read this!!!
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