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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 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