Junk

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Author: Melvin Burgess
Genre: Contemporary Fiction
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A story about a girl Gemma who gets involved with drugs- mainly heroin as the title suggests. Her life starts to spiral out of control as do those around her who are involved in drugs, living in a squat and all running away from something. Her relationships suffer and she ends up prostituting herself.


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  • Marta Reynolds's story

    The book 'Junk' by Melvin Burgess was the first book I ever read about adult themes and I suppose for that reason it has always stayed with me.

    The main character Gemma is spoilt, naive and...