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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Gardners Books
Publication date
December 31, 2003
Binding
Cassette/Spoken Word
Book category
Juvenile Fiction
ISBN-13
9781740941891
ISBN-10
1740941896
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$25.55
Other format details
audio
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: 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.
     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.
Editions
Hardcover
from Andersen Pr Ltd (September 1, 1999)
9780862646325 | details & prices | 278 pages | List price $24.01
About: Tells, in the voices of many individuals, of two fourteen-year-old runaways in Bristol, England, who find a home with anarchists and get involved in vandalism, shoplifting, and prostitution to support their growing addiction to heroin.
About: Tells, in the voices of many individuals, of two fourteen-year-old runaways in Bristol, England, who find a home with anarchists and get involved in vandalism, shoplifting, and prostitution to support their growing addiction to heroin.
Paperback
from Bloomsbury Methuen Drama (June 1, 2001)
9780413738400 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.75 × 0.25 in. | 0.15 lbs | List price $15.95
About: Tar loves Gemma, but Gemma doesn't want to be tied down not to anyone or anything.
About: Tar loves Gemma, but Gemma doesn't want to be tied down not to anyone or anything.
With Julia Eccleshare |
New edition from Gardners Books (April 24, 1997)
9780140380194 | details & prices | 336 pages | 5.00 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $14.00
About: A true-to-life story of two teenagers drawn into the dangerous and destructive world of heroin addiction.
About: A true-to-life story of two teenagers drawn into the dangerous and destructive world of heroin addiction.
CD/Spoken Word
from Gardners Books (March 4, 2004)
9781740945271 | details & prices | List price $26.95
About: This award-winning classic teen novel gets a vibrant new look.
About: This award-winning classic teen novel gets a vibrant new look.
Cassette/Spoken Word
The price comparison is for this edition
from Gardners Books (December 31, 2003)
9781740941891 | details & prices | List price $25.55
About: This award-winning classic teen novel gets a vibrant new look.
About: This award-winning classic teen novel gets a vibrant new look.
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