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Dope SickWalter Dean Myers

Dope Sick

2009186 pages
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8 editions
Young Adult

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The itch starts when things get too heavy for Lil J. Skin popping or stealing pain pills from his mom help him relax. But Lil J's focus is wandering because money is short, and his man Rico knows a way to make some quick cash. It's supposed to be an easy deal, but it isn't so simple when the buyer is an undercover cop.With a gunshot wound to the arm, Rico in jail, and a police officer clinging to life, Lil J is starting to get dope sick. He'd do anything to change the last twenty-four hours, and when he stumbles into an abandoned crack house, it actually might be possible. . . .Walter Dean…

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Editions

8 editions
  • Paperback · English · 2010
    Amistad · 208 pages · 9780061214790
  • Ebook · English · 2009
    HarperCollins · 9780061766923
  • Other · English · 2009
    HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061766954
  • Other · English · 2009
    HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061766961
  • Other · English · 2009
    HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061766947
  • Other · English · 2009
    HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061974977
FictionConduct of lifeDrug abuseSupernaturalAfrican AmericansJuvenile FictionConduct of life -- FictionChildren's fiction