Smack - Softcover

Burgess, Melvin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060521872 ISBN 13: 9780060521875

Publisher: Avon Books, 2003

Synopsis

Sometimes maybe you need an experience. The experience can be a person or it can be a drug. The experience opens a door that was there all the time but you never saw it. Or maybe it blasts you into outer space.

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Review:

Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
"Searing . . . unflinching . . . seductive . . . insidious . . . flawless. This is one novel that will leave an indelible impression on all who read it."--"Publishers Weekly", Starred Review
"Cuts to the bone. . . . Based on actual people and incidents, this harrowing tale is as compellingly real as it is tragic."--"Kirkus Reviews", Starred Review
"Heroin chic? Far from it."--"Teen People"
"The book is powerful and calculated, intent on affecting readers and shattering pat illusions. . . .
[B]rutally honest."--"School Library Journal", Starred Review
"Smack is filled with cool British lingo and interesting characters, all the while subtly delivering a harrowing message about addiction."--"Seventeen"
"Grim and cautionary novel."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"Smack pulls no punches: Drugs can be fun. And "Smack" makes it relentlessly clear that fun comes at a vicious price. . . . It will leave you reeling."--"Denver Post"
"[A]n honest, unpatronizing, unvarnished account of teen life on the skids."--"Booklist"
"[A] gritty, no punches-pulled chronicle."--"News and Observer", Raleigh, NC
"It does exactly what teenagers want a book to do. It tells the truth. It doesn't preach. It makes you think. . . .Smack is as addictive as the drug it profiles. You will not be able to put it down."--"VOYA"
"The book sticks with you."--"Seattle Post Intelligencier"
"[A] boot-in-the-gut look at British kids on the dole and drugs."--"Toronto Globe & Mail"

Searing . . . unflinching . . . seductive . . . insidious . . . flawless. This is one novel that will leave an indelible impression on all who read it. "Publishers Weekly, Starred Review"

Cuts to the bone. . . . Based on actual people and incidents, this harrowing tale is as compellingly real as it is tragic. "Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review"

Heroin chic? Far from it. "Teen People"

The book is powerful and calculated, intent on affecting readers and shattering pat illusions. . . . [B]rutally honest. "School Library Journal, Starred Review"

Smack is filled with cool British lingo and interesting characters, all the while subtly delivering a harrowing message about addiction. "Seventeen"

Grim and cautionary novel. "The New York Times Book Review"

Smack pulls no punches: Drugs can be fun. And "Smack" makes it relentlessly clear that fun comes at a vicious price. . . . It will leave you reeling. "Denver Post"

[A]n honest, unpatronizing, unvarnished account of teen life on the skids. "Booklist"

[A] gritty, no punches-pulled chronicle. "News and Observer, Raleigh, NC"

It does exactly what teenagers want a book to do. It tells the truth. It doesn't preach. It makes you think. . . .Smack is as addictive as the drug it profiles. You will not be able to put it down. "VOYA"

The book sticks with you. "Seattle Post Intelligencier"

[A] boot-in-the-gut look at British kids on the dole and drugs. "Toronto Globe & Mail""

Searing . . . unflinching . . . seductive . . . insidious . . . flawless. This is one novel that will leave an indelible impression on all who read it. Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

Cuts to the bone. . . . Based on actual people and incidents, this harrowing tale is as compellingly real as it is tragic. Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

Heroin chic? Far from it. Teen People

The book is powerful and calculated, intent on affecting readers and shattering pat illusions. . . . [B]rutally honest. School Library Journal, Starred Review

Smack is filled with cool British lingo and interesting characters, all the while subtly delivering a harrowing message about addiction. Seventeen

Grim and cautionary novel. The New York Times Book Review

Smack pulls no punches: Drugs can be fun. And Smack makes it relentlessly clear that fun comes at a vicious price. . . . It will leave you reeling. Denver Post

[A]n honest, unpatronizing, unvarnished account of teen life on the skids. Booklist

[A] gritty, no punches-pulled chronicle. News and Observer, Raleigh, NC

It does exactly what teenagers want a book to do. It tells the truth. It doesn't preach. It makes you think. . . .Smack is as addictive as the drug it profiles. You will not be able to put it down. VOYA

The book sticks with you. Seattle Post Intelligencier

[A] boot-in-the-gut look at British kids on the dole and drugs. Toronto Globe & Mail

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"Searing . . . unflinching . . . seductive . . . insidious . . . flawless. This is one novel that will leave an indelible impression on all who read it." --Publishers Weekly, Starred Review

"Cuts to the bone. . . . Based on actual people and incidents, this harrowing tale is as compellingly real as it is tragic." --Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review

"Heroin chic? Far from it." --Teen People

"The book is powerful and calculated, intent on affecting readers and shattering pat illusions. . . . [B]rutally honest." --School Library Journal, Starred Review

"Smack is filled with cool British lingo and interesting characters, all the while subtly delivering a harrowing message about addiction." --Seventeen

"Grim and cautionary novel." --The New York Times Book Review

"Smack pulls no punches: Drugs can be fun. And Smack makes it relentlessly clear that fun comes at a vicious price. . . . It will leave you reeling." --Denver Post

"[A]n honest, unpatronizing, unvarnished account of teen life on the skids." --Booklist

"[A] gritty, no punches-pulled chronicle." --News and Observer, Raleigh, NC

"It does exactly what teenagers want a book to do. It tells the truth. It doesn't preach. It makes you think. . . .Smack is as addictive as the drug it profiles. You will not be able to put it down." --VOYA

"The book sticks with you." --Seattle Post Intelligencier

"[A] boot-in-the-gut look at British kids on the dole and drugs." --Toronto Globe & Mail

About the Author:

Melvin Burgess is the author of many novels for young adult and middle-grade readers. Among them are Nicholas Dane, Doing It (a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age), The Ghost Behind the Wall (Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year) and Smack (winner of Britain's Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Prize for Fiction, as well as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults). In 2001, he wrote the novelization of the film, Billy Elliot. Mr. Burgess lives in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, in England.

About this edition

• Publisher: Avon Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0060521872
• ISBN 13: 9780060521875
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 370