Books with title Junk

This award-winning classic teen novel gets a vibrant new look. The love story of two runaway teenagers, Gemma and Tar, and their struggles with heroin addiction. Melvin Burgess' most ambitious and complex novel is a multi-faceted and vivid depiction of a group of young people in the grip of addiction. It is told in many different voices, from the addicts themselves to the friends watching from the outside who try to prevent tragedy. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.

This 20th Anniversary edition of the classic novel comes with an introduction from former children’s laureate Malorie Blackman and bonus content following its controversial history, from its writing to when it won both the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize. It was a love story. Me, Gemma and junk. I thought it was going to last forever. Tar loves Gemma, but Gemma doesn't want to be tied down. She wants to fly. But no one can fly forever. One day, finally, you have to come down. Melvin Burgess’ most ambitious and complex novel is a vivid depiction of a group of teenagers in the grip of addiction. Told from multiple viewpoints, Junk is a powerful, unflinching novel about heroin. Once you take a hit, you will never be the same again.

Axle Dormer has spent his whole life in his home town of Gorkweegle – an isolated, rust bucket, scrap metal town that’s surrounded by a giant canyon in the middle of the desert. Ever since he can remember he has yearned for adventure, but his town’s strict rules have prevented the possibility – “…one rule that I’ve known ever since the day I was born… never, under any circumstances, go past the Canyon.”But after playing out in the desert one day, Axle and his friends somehow fall into the Canyon. And with no way out, they realise they must venture further in the hope of finding help. Axle soon finds out that the adventure he seeks isn’t quite what it seems, and he may be about to uncover a terrible secret that his home town of Gorkweegle has buried for decades…

This award-winning classic teen novel gets a vibrant new look. The love story of two runaway teenagers, Gemma and Tar, and their struggles with heroin addiction. Melvin Burgess' most ambitious and complex novel is a multi-faceted and vivid depiction of a group of young people in the grip of addiction. It is told in many different voices, from the addicts themselves to the friends watching from the outside who try to prevent tragedy. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.

It was a love story. Me, Gemma and junk. I thought it was going to last forever. Tar loves Gemma, but Gemma doesn't want to be tied down. She wants to fly. But no one can fly forever. One day, finally, you have to come down. Melvin Burgess’ most ambitious and complex novel is a vivid depiction of a group of teenagers in the grip of addiction. Told from multiple viewpoints, Junk is a powerful, unflinching novel about heroin. Once you take a hit, you will never be the same again.'Everyone should read Junk' The Times