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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Smack Smack Melvin Burgess After running away from their troubled homes, two English teenagers move in with a group of squatters in the port city of Bristol and try to find ways to support their growing addiction to heroin. So… OL15398265W
The hit The hit Melvin Burgess There is a new drug on the mean streets of Manchester which promises the most intense week of your life, and then you are dead--and after he watches a pop star die on stage, Adam thinks that his own … OL17708064W
Billy Elliot Billy Elliot Lee Hall,Melvin Burgess Billy's mother is dead, and his father and brother are fiercely involved in a bitter miners' fight that has split the local community. Billy's father wants his son to learn boxing, like he did and hi… OL23097308W
The earth giant The earth giant Melvin Burgess When Peter and his sister discover a giant extraterrestrial hidden beneath the earth, they become friends and conspirators despite the tremendous risks involved. Suggested level: intermediate, junior… OL24156605W
Hunger Hunger Melvin Burgess When Beth wakes up one morning covered in dirt, she puts it down to an extreme case of sleep-walking. But when reports of a desecrated grave start to circulate, her night-time wanderings take on a si… OL24175819W
Junk Junk Melvin Burgess,Laetitia Devaux La vie de galère de deux adolescents anglais, Gemma et Nico, vivant non loin de Bristol, dans une petite ville touristique. Un portrait sur fond de drogue et de chômage. OL24697318W
Doing it Doing it Melvin Burgess Ein Buch über drei Jungen und ihre Erfahrungen mit Sex: Endlich hat Dino es geschafft: Er geht mit Jackie. Nur das mit dem Sex will nicht so recht klappen, irgendwie fühlt es sich für Jackie nicht ri… OL26177716W
Une idée fixe Une idée fixe Melvin Burgess A 17 ans, Dino, Jon et Ben sont les proies d'une idée fixe : passer à l'acte sexuel. L'histoire révèle de plus en plus clairement le gouffre qui sépare la parade verbale de jeunes mâles entre eux et … OL28944681W
Loving April Loving April Melvin Burgess 169 pages OL462871W
Kite Kite Melvin Burgess Although the landowner for whom his father works as a gamekeeper hates all birds of prey, Taylor and his friend raise an endangered red kite in secret. OL462883W
The earth giant The earth giant Melvin Burgess When Peter and his sister discover a giant extraterrestrial hidden beneath the earth, they become friends and conspirators despite the tremendous risks involved. OL462890W
The cry of the wolf The cry of the wolf Melvin Burgess A hunter determined to wipe out every wolf in England almost succeeds, but then finds himself the prey. OL462893W
Doing it Doing it Melvin Burgess Three teenage friends, Dino, Jonathon, and Ben, confront the confusions, fears, and joys of adolescent male sexuality. OL462894W
Smack Smack Melvin Burgess After running away from their troubled homes, two English teenagers move in with a group of squatters in the port city of Bristol and try to find ways to support their growing addiction to heroin. OL462895W