Junk - Couverture souple

Eccleshare, Julia; Burgess, Melvin

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140380191 ISBN 13 : 9780140380194

Editeur : Penguin Books Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

Etwas stärkere Gebrauchsspuren;

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Winner of both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction prize, Melvin Burgess's controversial young adult novel Junk redefined teenage fiction with its frank and honest portrayal of teenagers addicted to heroin in Bristol. Junk = heroin = bliss = despair = a love affair you'll never forgetTar loves Gemma, but Gemma doesn't want to be tied down - to anyone or anything. Gemma wants to fly. But no one can fly forever. One day, somehow, finally, you have to come down.'Haunting and remarkable for the insight and understanding with which the author develops the characters' - Guardian'Believable and rivetingly readable. I couldn't put it down' - Evening Standard'A powerful talent who offers few easy solutions' - The TimesAward-winning children's author Melvin Burgess is one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary young adult fiction. His most well-known book Junk won the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Children's Fiction prize and was shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year. Other titles by Melvin Burgess available from Penguin include: Sara's Face, Nicholas Dane, Doing IT (winner of the LA Times Young People's Book of the Year) and Kill All Enemies. If you enjoyed Junk and want to get inside more of your favourite books, then check out spinebreakers.co.uk for exclusive author interviews, competitions, and much more.

Revue de presse

Occasionally a 'teenage novel' comes along which makes one reconsider the whole genre and its potential. Such a book is Melvin Burgess's Junk (Robert Dunbar Children's Books in Ireland)

The most talked-about children's book for years (Mail on Sunday)

Brilliantly and sensitively written, it encompasses the raw, savage and ecstatic world of the adolescent mind... a superbly crafted and important book (TES)

Beautifully written (The Times)

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0140380191
• ISBN 13: 9780140380194
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336