Melvin Burgess

Melvin Burgess is the author of many novels for young adult and middle-grade readers. Among them are Nicholas Dane, Doing It (a New York Public Library Book for the Teen Age), The Ghost Behind the Wall (Bank Street Best Children's Book of the Year) and Smack (winner of Britain's Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Prize for Fiction, as well as an ALA Best Book for Young Adults).  In 2001, he wrote the novelization of the film, Billy Elliot. Mr. Burgess lives in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, in England.


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Doing It
Doing It

Melvin Burgess
Square Fish

The award-winning author Melvin Burgess’s ribald and insightful account of contemporary teenage life chronicles the ups and downs of doing it. The...


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Nicholas Dane
Nicholas Dane

Melvin Burgess
Henry Holt and Co.

When fourteen-year-old Nicholas Dane’s mother dies, social services sends him to a home for boys where intimidation and violence keep order. After a number of...


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Smack
Smack

Melvin Burgess
Square Fish

Smack is a timely and penetrating novel about the ecstasies and horrors of heroin use. Smack is the 1996 winner of the Carnegie Medal in Literature....


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The Ghost Behind the Wall
The Ghost Behind the Wall

Melvin Burgess
Henry Holt and Co.

Award-winning author Melvin Burgess’s thrilling new ghost story for younger readers. David screamed and the ghostly boy opened his mouth and screamed...


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Lady
Lady

Melvin Burgess
Henry Holt and Co.

If you gotta be a dog, be a bitch. "My tail was going bananas as I rounded the corner and headed into Platt Fields park. The pavement was alive; my nose was...


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The Copper Treasure
The Copper Treasure

Melvin Burgess; Illustrated by Richard Williams
Henry Holt and Co.

From the critically acclaimed and best-selling author of Smack comes a middle-grade tale of adventure and cunning in the spirit of Treasure...


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