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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Junk_(novel)Junk (novel) - Wikipedia

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   Junk is a realistic novel about two runaway teenagers who become heroin addicts and anarchists in Bristol, England. It won the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, but also faced criticism for its dark and controversial themes.

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3. www.waterstones.com › book › junkJunk by Melvin Burgess - Waterstones

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   Jul 1, 2021 · ISBN: 9781783448456. Number of pages: 352. Weight: 281 g. Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mm. MEDIA REVIEWS. "Everyone should read Junk." - The Times. "Melvin Burgess's ground-breaking Junk remains the best book about teenagers and drugs to this day" - Julia Eccleshare, Guardian Online.

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4. www.amazon.co.uk › Junk-Melvin-Burgess › dpJunk: The classic YA novel reissued for a new generation

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   Apr 3, 2014 · She wants to fly. But no one can fly forever. One day, finally, you have to come down. Melvin Burgess’ most ambitious and complex novel is a vivid depiction of a group of teenagers in the grip of addiction. Told from multiple viewpoints, Junk is a powerful, unflinching novel about heroin. Once you take a hit, you will never be the same again.

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6. melvinburgess.net › books › junkJunk/Smack - Melvin Burgess

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   About the book. Junk is set in Bristol, where I lived myself for eight years in the late seventies and eighties. The book falls into two halves – the first part, where the main characters, Tar and Gemma, leave home and move to Bristol, where they meet up with some squatters, and the second part, where Tar and Gemma become become addicted to ...

7. www.waterstones.com › book › junkJunk by Julia Eccleshare, Melvin Burgess - Waterstones

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   Apr 24, 1997 · Buy Junk by Julia Eccleshare, Melvin Burgess from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

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   Jul 2, 2020 · Junk: 25th Anniversary Edition. Paperback – 2 July 2020. It was a love story. Me, Gemma and junk. I thought it was going to last forever. Tar loves Gemma, but Gemma doesn't want to be tied down. She wants to fly. But no one can fly forever. One day, finally, you have to come down.

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   Is junk a good book?

   • But no one can fly forever. One day, finally, you have to come down. Melvin Burgess’ most ambitious and complex novel is a vivid depiction of a group of teenagers in the grip of addiction. Told from multiple viewpoints, Junk is a powerful, unflinching novel about heroin. Once you take a hit, you will never be the same again.

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   Is junk by Melvin Burgess a good book?

   • Melvin Burgess’ most ambitious and complex novel is a vivid depiction of a group of teenagers in the grip of addiction. Told from multiple viewpoints, Junk is a powerful, unflinching novel about heroin. Once you take a hit, you will never be the same again. Melvin Burgess was born in London and brought up in Surrey and Sussex.

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   Where is Junk set?

   • Junk is set in Bristol, where I lived myself for eight years in the late seventies and eighties. The book falls into two halves – the first part, where the main characters, Tar and Gemma, leave home and move to Bristol, where they meet up with some squatters, and the second part, where Tar and Gemma become become addicted to heroin.

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   How is junk told in the first person?

   • Junk is told in the first person, with each chapter having a different character narrating. At the beginning of the story, fourteen-year old Gemma Brogan is spending time with David 'Tar' Lawson, a boy of the same age. Tar is a victim of physical abuse at the hands of his father, and — as he later realises — emotional abuse from his mother.

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   What's in the 20th anniversary edition of 'Me Gemma & junk'?

   • This 20th Anniversary edition of the classic novel comes with an introduction from former children’s laureate Malorie Blackman and bonus content following its controversial history, from its writing to when it won both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. It was a love story. Me, Gemma and junk.

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    Nov 14, 1996 · Junk is the drugs book against which I judge all drugs books, and so far nothing’s come close to matching Melvin Burgess’s unflinching portrayal of Bristol’s City Road in the 1980s through a heroin-addled lens. Burgess has no time for either hushed, poetic contemplations on heroin or clumsy, moralistic incitements to Just Say No.