The Hit

By BURGESS, Melvin

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ISBN
9780545556996 9781908435330
Publisher
Scholastic Chicken House


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on February 1, 2014  |  Grades 9 and Up

Gr 10 Up—It's the biggest concert of the year, and when it's all over, Jimmy Earle will be dead. Planning to join the "27 Club" of famous musicians who died at the age of 27, Jimmy has taken Death, a newly created euthanasia drug that binds to the brain and gives the user one last amazing week followed by an inescapable death. Friends Adam and Lizzie are excited...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on March 1, 2014

Death is the latest drug to take England by storm. You take it, have the best week of your life, then die. When rock star Jimmy Earle dies on stage, after taking the drug and completing a mind-boggling bucket list, it triggers riots in Manchester that eventually give way to resolute protest. After attending the infamous concert, Adam has a pretty rough couple of days: his older brother dies, apparently invol...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2014

Death is the latest drug to take England by storm. You take it, have the best week of your life, then die. Adam's bro...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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