Webb327 pages ; 22 cm. After running away from their troubled homes, two English teenagers move in with a group of squatters in the port city of Bristol and try to find ways to … WebbSmack presents a fairly realistic view of life on the streets in Bristol in the 1980s through the eyes of two runaways, Gemma and Tar. During the course of the four years the novel records, Gemma and Tar link up with drug addicts and participate in prostitution, petty thievery, and burglary in order to sustain their drug addiction.

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Webb"Smack" is about two youths who leave their homes to search for a better life, only to wind up squatting in abandoned houses and struggling with heroin addiction. Tar and Gemma … WebbMelvin Burgess , Click to preview Winner of the 1996 Carnegie Medal in Literature and the Guardian Prize for fiction, two of England's most prestigious awards, Smack tells a … fly fishing in whistler bc

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WebbThe excitement at the punk music concerts, the young love, the freedom, the manipulating entrapment of drugs, the heartbreaking love of a baby and the way having a child can completely change you. A. A gritty, raw, powerful, emotional roller coaster worth the ride. You'll be angry, you'll laugh, and you'll cry. WebbBooks by Melvin Burgess. Melvin Burgess. Average rating 3.69 · 38,673 ratings · 3,159 reviews · shelved 86,020 times. Showing 30 distinct works. « previous 1 2 3 next ». sort … WebbMelvin Burgess (born 25 April 1954) is a British writer of children's fiction. He became famous in 1996 with the publication of Junk, about heroin-addicted teenagers on the … fly fishing iowa nymphs trout streams