Dope Sick

Name: Dope Sick
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Walter Dean Myers
ISBN: 9781440719059

Author: Walter Dean Myers

Narrator: J.D. Jackson

Unabridged: 3 hr 33 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/08/2009

Categories: Children's Fiction, African American & Black Stories, Children's Social Themes

Synopsis

Best-selling author Walter Dean Myers has received two Newbery Honors and was the first ever recipient of the Michael L. Printz Award. At a young age, Lil J. Skin started stealing pain pills from his mom whenever he started to feel stressed-but now he's graduated to the big leagues. After Lil J. partners with a pusher named Rico on a sweet deal, events take a shocking turn when the buyer-an undercover police officer-is shot and Lil J. winds up wounded and hiding in a crack house.

About Walter Dean Myers

Walter Dean Myers was the New York Times bestselling author of Monster, the winner of the first Michael L. Printz Award; a National Ambassador for Young People's Literature; and an inaugural NYC Literary Honoree. Myers received every single major award in the field of children's literature. He was the author of two Newbery Honor Books and six Coretta Scott King Awardees. He was the recipient of the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing for young adults and a three-time National Book Award Finalist as well as the first-ever recipient of the Coretta Scott King–Virginia Hamilton Award for Lifetime Achievement.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ashley on February 20, 2022

This was quite different than what I was expecting and it turned out to be such an interesting read. The story on its own is both incredibly moving and heartbreaking. When you add in the little touch of magical realism it really takes the story to the next level and makes it great. It just added thi......more

Goodreads review by Josiah on April 09, 2020

"I know I'm tired of thinking about what I should have done yesterday. I know I'm just tired. If I knew what to do with my life, how to fix it up, I would have done it a long time ago. You can't dig that? You think I want to live like I'm somebody's throwaway?" —Lil J, Dope Sick, P. 46 If I said tha......more

Goodreads review by Anne on May 20, 2017

Short, quick read. Heartbreaking, yet realistic, story with a less realistic, but impactful, twist. Creativity done.......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on September 11, 2018

Wow, double Wow. Amazing book. It puts you directly inside the head of a poor, black, teenaged drug addict who is running from the police. His life hangs in a precarious balance and the reader hangs there with him. A paranormal element makes things even more interesting.......more

Goodreads review by April on September 18, 2021

Intense book concerning drug addiction and regret. The way this book is laid out makes dialog confusing while reading. It almost comes across as a diary. The main character meets someone that helps him reflect on his life in a unique way. I question if the main character went insane/paranoid from th......more