by Melvin Burgess · Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070517404
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«Junk» is the young adult novel by Melvin Burgess, published by Gallimard in paperback (317 pages, in French).
Nico flees an unbearable home and his friend Gemma follows him out of rebellion and a thirst for adventure. With no money or resources in a big city, they end up in a squat and soon find themselves trapped in the world of heroin. Told in multiple voices, the novel starkly portrays the different faces of addiction.
Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize; the original novel was published in 1996 and this French edition in 1998.
For young and adult readers seeking a realistic story about addiction and its consequences.
Melvin Burgess is a British writer of children's fiction. He became famous in 1996 with the publication of Junk, about heroin-addicted teenagers on the streets of Bristol. In Britain, Junk became one of the best-known young adult books of the decade. Burgess won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British author. For the 10th anniversary in 2007 it was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite.
