Candy
 

Candy

by Kevin Brooks

Kevin Brooks (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... (read more)

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heather8690
  • Rated 5 stars

This is another really good book ... If you have ever been addicted to someone or drugs.. This is the book for you to read about... Because trust me it keeps you hanging on till the end of the book...

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Navem
  • Rated 1 stars

I was not impressed with this book at all. A fairly normal teenage boy meets a girl. He instantly falls for her, even though finding out, that she is a heroine addicted prostitute? Please. The author really tried to make you connect and feel for "Candy", and feel her emotional pain. But you just don't. He also tries to make you see why "Joe" has this infatuation with the girl, but you just can't. Joe is a real idiot, who puts his family at risk, because he is a selfish twat who loves a ho. It...

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Community:
  • Rated 4.012821 stars
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  • Rated 4.5 stars
 

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  • manda j

    manda j said:

    great book, hate fairytale endings. started off very slow but sped up and didnt slow back down. loved this one. specialy since there was an addict involved.

    posted Thursday, January 10 2008
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