Praise for Junk

‘A powerful talent who offers few easy solutions’ – The Times

‘Bold and cunningly structured – a real novel with an unpatronising tone that makes it accessible to a wide range of older readers’ – Guardian

‘Uncompromising, but utterly convincing… the most talked about children’s book for years proves that the complexities of the drug culture are more effectively explored in fiction than in preachy documentaries’ – Mail on Sunday

‘Brilliantly and sensitively written, it encompasses the raw, savage and ecstatic world of the adolescent mind, taking the reader through first-person accounts of an “adventure” that leads to addiction… A superbly crafted and important book’ – The Times Educational Supplement

‘It is believable and rivetingly readable. I couldn’t put it down’ – Nina Bawden, Evening Standard