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Junk (Puffin Teenage Fiction) [IMPORT] (Paperback)

by Melvin Burgess (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Puffin Books; Film & TV Tie-in Ed edition (April 20, 1999)
  • ISBN-10: 0141305576
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141305578
  • Product Dimensions: 7.1 x 4.3 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3,485,348 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Junk is smack, April 14, 2000
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This review is from: Junk (Hardcover)
When i bought smack i could not put it down. then i was told that junk was the sequel to smack. so i bought that and it is the same book. i was mad. so don't be folled because the athour re-named the book.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Negative Metamorphosis, March 8, 2006
This review is from: Junk (Paperback)
Burgess's "Smack," written a year before his short novel "Junk," is a terrific novel that captivies and evokes emotion. "Junk," however, is a poorly written screen-play version of that novel. The point of creating such a thing is beyond me. He should have stopped while he was ahead with "Smack."
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book., April 13, 1999
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This review is from: Junk (Hardcover)
A slow start to what then became one of the most fantastic books I have ever read. The characters become your friends and you emphasise with their choices and actions. This is the first book I have ever read that has enabled me to see a reason why people use herion. The book takes you through the good and the bad times.

I for one after reading the book would never try heroin. I was shown how this drug could take away dignity, dreams and even lifes.

A brilliant book!!!

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4.0 out of 5 stars "I Want to Look like Her and Think Like Her and Have the Same Effect as Her..."
"Junk" is an immensely difficult book to review, simply because it's so many different things to different readers. Read more
Published on July 14, 2007 by R. M. Fisher

5.0 out of 5 stars The Truth of Weakness
Winner of the Guardian Fiction Award and the Carnegie Medal, the novel Junk by Melvin Burgess successfully allows readers to gain insights into what teenage drug life was like... Read more
Published on May 28, 2006 by Janice

1.0 out of 5 stars Badly written, cliched and dull
I find it interesting that the writer has gotten away with such terrible writing and such a lack of understanding of heroin addiction simply by aiming this poor attempt at a novel... Read more
Published on February 15, 2005 by WilliamL

5.0 out of 5 stars an unforgettable read
one of the best books i have read in a long time, "junk" by melvin burgess delivers everything i look for a in a young adult novel, but its believable and relatable... Read more
Published on January 10, 2004 by Shelly

2.0 out of 5 stars trainspotting jr
When I first read junk i thought that it was a good if not great look at children and heroin. Then I read trainspotting and noticed that not only had Melvin Burgess stolen his... Read more
Published on July 28, 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Great
This book is great. It was originally publishes as Smack, so don't think of it as sequel. Its just under a different name. Read more
Published on July 15, 2003 by Kat Smock

3.0 out of 5 stars Great Book!
After reading the reviews for this book I quickly went out and bought it. It really is a great book. There's only 71 pages but alot happens. It's written in the way a play is. Read more
Published on April 3, 2003 by Jo

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is a must
just a short one from me. I haven't actually read this in novel form yet but i was involved in an amateur production of it and I can tell you it touched me in a way i'm sure this... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Messed me up
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