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Dope Sick

By Walter Dean Myers

Book information

Publisher
Amistad
Year
2009
ISBN
0061214779, 9780061214776, 0061214795, 9780061214790, 9780061766923
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
878 kB (898655 bytes)
Pages
196\196
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

The itch starts when things get too heavy for Lil J. Skin popping or stealing pain pills from his mom help him relax. But Lil J's focus is wandering because money is short, and his man Rico knows a way to make some quick cash. It's supposed to be an easy deal, but it isn't so simple when the buyer is an undercover cop. With a gunshot wound to the arm, Rico in jail, and a police officer clinging to life, Lil J is starting to get dope sick. He'd do anything to change the last twenty-four hours, and when he stumbles into an abandoned crack house, it actually might be possible. . . . Walter Dean Myers weaves elements of magical realism into a harrowing story about drug use, violence, alternate perceptions of reality, and second chances.

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