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false <![CDATA[Candy]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172599292m/196119.jpg 196119 8 Kevin Brooks, author of Kissing the Rain, Martyn Pig, Lucas excels at portraying the gritty details of English underclass life, and here, in a story of a boy desperately in love, he has written an irresistibly suspenseful and compelling YA novel. When Joe Beck, a fifteen-year-old suburban kid, gets lost in a disreputable neighborhood on his way to an appointment in London, he is struck dumb by his first sight of beautiful and seemingly innocent Candy. She talks with him, teases him, but reveals nothing about herself except her phone number. Later they have a perfect day at the London Zoo, and soon Joe is as addicted to Candy as she is to heroin, in spite of the threats of her menacing pimp Iggy. Almost nothing matters except his desire to free her from her terrible life-- not his band's chance for a recording contract, not the song he has written for her that has become a hit without him. But there is something that still matters to him, and when he rescues the young prostitute from her sordid rooming house and takes her into hiding to sweat out her addiction, Iggy finds and uses that one thing that is stronger than Joe's passion for Candy, in a heart-thumping, breathless conclusion. 447853 2005 Candy total:617|5:212|4:203|3:136|2:54|1:12| 617 2400 1028 98 0 3 false false Sat Feb 02 21:53:33 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 21:53:56 -0800 2008 5 1 false false Tue Apr 08 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Feb 07 19:54:00 -0800 2008 Wed Apr 09 14:43:09 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false true Tue May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Mon Jan 12 18:50:20 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 12 18:51:03 -0800 2009
Something about her draws him right in. He can’t believe she’s talking to him. That he co...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 24 13:10:54 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 13:23:44 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 18:35:35 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 19:16:20 -0700 2009 This book is basically about a boy named Joe who lets us follow his journey as he tries to get the girl he has fallen for named Candy. Joe saw a pretty girl and that she was perfect but came to realize that there was to Candy then he thought; she was a prostitute who had a drug pro...more...]]> 5 1 false true Sat Mar 07 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 10:27:14 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 10:37:29 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 14:55:14 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 22 15:06:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Dec 03 19:04:04 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 03 19:18:23 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 1 false false Mon Jan 21 20:14:21 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 20:14:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat May 23 10:24:54 -0700 2009 Sat May 23 10:29:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Dec 05 13:13:29 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 13:30:19 -0800 2008 4 1 false false Sat Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Thu Jun 19 14:27:37 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 19 14:28:09 -0700 2008 Author: Kevin Brooks
Copyright date: 2005
Publisher: Push
How many pages: 364 pgs
How long it took me to read: 4 days
Category: Fiction
I learned about this book from: seeing it around Chapter's, I was so glad there was a book written about a girl with...more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Apr 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 24 04:41:39 -0700 2008 Thu May 01 02:41:12 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 08:58:15 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 20:37:20 -0700 2008 Joe was a boy who grow up in a norm...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Tue May 29 01:49:01 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 12:06:20 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue May 13 20:24:33 -0700 2008 Thu May 15 21:27:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false true Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 13:30:23 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 13:31:46 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1 0 false false Tue Sep 08 22:12:10 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 17 22:07:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 12:43:24 -0700 2009 Sat May 30 07:53:05 -0700 2009 1 Candy made me overlook that. Joe is so innocent throughtout the story and his love of Candy is so compelling. He has no reason to love her, but it's there. It's beautiful.

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