Melvin Burgess has written several highly acclaimed books for young adults, including Smack, which won the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Three of his other novels have been runners-up for the Carnegie Medal. Burgess lives in Manchester, England, with his wife and their children.
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Live the ultimate high. Pay the ultimate price. The shocking return to YA by the author of SMACK. A new drug is on the street. Everyone's buzzing about it. Take the hit. Live the most intense week of your life. Then die. It's the ultimate high at the ulti... SEE MORE