Smack | Melvin Burgess

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Smack

	Smack Melvin Burgess HarperTeen, 2003 - 384 pages average customer review:based on 209 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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.

SMACK

This book, is great. i would give it a 10 out of 5. i read this and couldnt out it down. first, two teenage runaways try to find shelter. they face many obsticles and make it all the way but get addicited to herion.

Awesome

This is a great story that is realitic story about drugs, but not preachy. The characters are all very beleivable, and most teens will probably be able to see themselves or some friends in at least one characer. Having every chapter written by a different character also gives the reader a full circle outlook on the plot of the book. Great read

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This book is not Junk

This was a quick read, a Go-Ask-Alice-type tome of addiction. The novel is told from multiple perspectives, but the main perspectives are from Gemma and Tar. They run away from home at 14, get in with some squatters, and before they know it, they're hooked on heroin. It's an incredibly crazy lifestyle, but Burgess tells it well. His narrative is smooth considering the constantly changing perspectives; each individual's voice is distinct.

awesome book

i just finished reading this book and it was absolutely awesome. very cheap came very fast!

-hollywood

Will leave an indelible mark on all who read it

As SLJ had said "Powerful and calculated... Smack is not a lecture to be yawned through. IT'S A SLAP IN THE FACE." Smack goes into other aspects of drug addictions that many other books don't deal with, like how there is a major focus on squatting, and at the end of the book there is a note on squatting. The note on squatting also explains how it's not illegal in the UK like it is in other countries. The book shows how the characters deal with the repercussions associated with their addiction, such as stealing. The book uses many english slang terms and has a glossary to help you with some of the slang, which is very helpful for those who don't really understand the english slang. I have learned many things from Smack and many things I would have never even imagined. Smack is literally a slap in the face that will leave you thinking about it for days.

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