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Smack
Smack
Author: Melvin Burgess
Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Prize for fiction, two of England's most prestigious awards, Smack tells a penetrating story about heroin use, a topic that is becoming familiar in the news and one of importance to teens everywhere. — The story begins with Tar, a fourteen-year-old, who runs away from home. He convinces his girlfriend...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780805058017
ISBN-10: 080505801X
Publication Date: 5/15/1998
Pages: 288
Reading Level: Young Adult
Rating:
  • Currently 4.8/5 Stars.
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4.8 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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 reviewed Smack on
Helpful Score: 1
"A searing account of two young runaways' descent into heroin addiction and their faltering climb back out... WILL LEAVE AN INDELIBLE MARK ON ALL WHO READ IT."
-Publishers Weekly
Brookie avatar reviewed Smack on + 30 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Great Easy to read book. Shows the truth about addiction and what it does to you and those close to you
murder101 avatar reviewed Smack on
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A mixed up buch of junkies living in England,I found it to be a quick read and enjoyed the english slang.great if you like these kinds of stories.Good Chacters
reviewed Smack on + 4 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This book is very intense. I loved it, to be honest. It presents drug use in a realistic light, and it has a very intense feel to it. I was definitely captivated by this book. I also very much like this author.
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I thought this book was great, it relates some of the things that adolescents go through, and explains extreme hardships of teenage drug users.
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 reviewed Smack on + 10 more book reviews
I liked this book a lot when I was younger! Really good read.
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Great book!!! About a teen that get into dangerous situations!!
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Run away teenagers in England
reviewed Smack on + 2 more book reviews
This book helps one to see addiction from the eyes of the addict. What is so compelling, why they can't stop. If you know an addict this is a story to read to hear the story from the inside out. Very interesting. Could not put it down.
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a character portrait of two young british junkies.


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