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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 Myers weaves elements of magical realism into a harrowing story about drug use, violence, alternate perceptions of reality, and second chances.

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2009

Dope Sick

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Lil J is running away from his problems. His alcoholic mother can't seem to get straight, he can't find a decent job, and now the cops are breathing down his neck. A drug deal has gone sour, and Lil J finds himself holed up in an abandoned crack ho...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Apr 18 18:46:51 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 18:53:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false true Wed Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 14:04:23 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 18:59:30 -0700 2009 This book is basically about a nineteen year old boy known as "lil. j" and he tells us how he got into the trouble he is in. His friend Rico
has shot a police and lil. j had something to do on why he shot the police, thou...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 19:43:20 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 24 19:53:18 -0700 2009
I absolutely LOVE this book because there isn't a clear genre--is it realistic fiction or fantasy or what--because Kelly's TV can go back in time, present, and into the futu...more...]]> 3 1 false false Sat Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 13:26:00 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 20 13:26:58 -0700 2008 1 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 31 23:38:11 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 10 23:29:21 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 07 08:56:13 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 08:58:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 10:28:59 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 29 10:28:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Jun 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 10:28:39 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 30 10:28:39 -0700 2009
Dope Sick tells the story of Lil J, a kid living in circumstances beyond his control...to a point.
When a terrible event sends him on the run, he meets a man named Kelley who makes Lil J examine his life and ultimately helps him decide what ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Aug 26 21:08:30 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 18:53:27 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 20 07:13:32 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 12:56:03 -0700 2009 Dope Sick. In a take-off of A Christmas Carol, Lil J, a young drop user, winds up wounded in an abandoned crack house after a drug deal goes bad. There he meets a eerie man, Kelly, who sits in front of a television set operated by a strange rem...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jul 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 13:02:36 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 22 13:10:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 25 16:28:19 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 25 16:28:36 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Apr 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 27 09:19:51 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 17:07:43 -0700 2009 I was in the shadows in a shop doorway and I knew I couldn't stay there much longer. I had to lie down or sit down or something. Had to get my head together. from page 2

I have mixed feeling about this book. I appreciate how Myers puts together Lil J's past for the reader, and for Lil J. ...more...]]> 0 0 false false Wed May 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 06:36:46 -0700 2009 Wed May 20 06:38:18 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Apr 19 11:50:01 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 11:54:52 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 28 10:42:53 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 28 10:43:30 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Fri Feb 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 15:40:12 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 13 15:41:24 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Mon Apr 13 05:15:44 -0700 2009 Mon Apr 13 05:16:40 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 18:37:56 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 17:29:23 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=4722869