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OLDER FICTION
Carleson, J. C.

Placebo Junkies

298 pp. | Knopf | October, 2015 | Trade ISBN 978-0-553-49724-3 $17.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-553-49725-0 $20.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-553-49726-7
(3) YA Readers who are fascinated by unreliable narrators will find much to discuss in this novel, which focuses on young people supporting themselves by participating in increasingly damaging pharmaceutical trials. Narrated by Audie, who has her own motivations for wanting to make money this way, the book's short chapters grow increasingly cryptic as the effects of the drugs compound and distort Audie's reality.
Reviewer: Norah Piehl

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