This is an uncompromising, compelling and true-to-life story of two teenagers drawn into the dangerous and destructive world of heroin addiction. This tour de force by an acclaimed and provocative writer should become a definitive teenage novel on this subject.

 

 

This book is aimed at early readers. Early Readers are published for kids ages 5 to 8 years old, and are geared toward kids who are starting to read on their own. Page length usually falls between 32 to 48 pages (and can even range up to the 64 pages), with a maximum word count of 2, 000 words. This book was published in 2001 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Melvin Burgess was born in London and brought up in Surrey and Sussex. He has had a variety of jobs before becoming a full-time writer. Before his first novel, he had short stories published and a play broadcast on Radio 4. Three of his novels have been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.