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Gr 9-Up Things have never looked worse for 17-year-old Jeremy Dance, known as Lil J. After getting involved in a drug deal that ended in the shooting of a police officer, he's nursing a badly wounded arm and desperately looking for a place to hide. He stumbles into an abandoned building and finds an open apartment occupied by an enigmatic man who introduces himself as Kelly. Although Lil J at first assumes that Kelly is just another junkie squatter, a common sight in his Harlem neighborhood, he slowly begins to realize that s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

On the run after a drug deal turns into a cop shooting, Lil J ducks into an abandoned building and encounters Kelly, an enigmatic figure who puts this question to him: "If you could take back one thing you did, what would it be?" Like Scrooge's ghostly visitors, the television in Kelly's apartment has the power to show Lil ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

On the run after a drug deal turns into a cop shooting, Lil J encounters enigmatic Kelly. Like Scrooge's ghostly visitors, ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Switching seamlessly between the past and present, Dope Sick is a dark cautionary tale with a twist. Lil J’s escape from the cops first reads like a thriller. The heart-thumping opening scene sets a suspenseful mood that hangs over the story like a ticking clock after Lil J meets Kelly, a street-talking confessor who may have the ability to absolve Lil J of his sins. Dope Sick doesn’t become an action novel, though. Instead it becomes a thought-provoking reflection on th...Log In or Sign Up to Read More