cover image SMACK

SMACK

Melvin Burgess, . . HarperCollins/Avon, $6.99 (384pp) ISBN 978-0-06-052187-5

In a starred review of this "searing" account of teens who become addicted to heroin, PW wrote that the "unflinching depiction of the seductive pleasures as well as the insidious horrors of heroin will leave an indelible impression on all who read it." Ages 12-up. (May)