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Melvin Burgess

British writer of children's and young adult fiction; his novel Junk (1996), about heroin-addicted teenagers in Bristol, won the Carnegie Medal.

5 books on the record · 16 Oct 2011 – 16 Oct 2011

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Heroes by Robert Cormier

I was reading Heroes recently, but you could pick any one of a number of his books.

on fivebooks.com · 16 Oct 2011 · Report

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Martyn Pig by Kevin Brooks

With Martyn Pig the lad accidentally kills his dad and it is such a great set-up and it is done so well.

on fivebooks.com · 16 Oct 2011 · Report

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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien

Yes, I have always thought that The Hobbit was a better book than Lord of the Rings.

on fivebooks.com · 16 Oct 2011 · Report

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It says how long ago something was said, so you can tell last month from 2014 without doing the arithmetic. Full and green is recent; it drains and cools as the date gets older, and empties completely at about 6 years.

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