Melvin Burgess Quotes
Try it. You don't have to do it ever again if you don't want to. But try it once. Try everything once.
Citations
Burgess, Melvin. Junk. Andersen Press, 1996.
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Melvin Burgess is a British writer of children's fiction. He became famous in 1998 with the publication of Junk, about heroin-addicted teenagers on the streets of Bristol. In Britain, Junk became one of the best-known young adult books of the decade. Burgess won the annual Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British author. For the 10th anniversary in 2007 it was named one of the top ten Medal-winning works, selected by a panel to compose the ballot for a public election of the all-time favourite.