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Burgess, Melvin

The Hit

296 pp. | Scholastic/Chicken House | March, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-0-545-55699-6 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-545-55700-9
(2) YA Death is the latest drug to take England by storm. You take it, have the best week of your life, then die. Adam's brother dies; he ruins things with his rich girlfriend, Lizzie; and in a moment of weakness, he takes Death. Burgess is in fine form here: entertaining, provocative, vulgar, clever, and amoral. A gripping thriller with some food for thought.
Reviewer: Jonathan Hunt | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2014

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