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Emily Winfield Martin: IMG Kids' Q&A: Emily Winfield Martin

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A Hero Ain't Nothin But a Sandwich

by Alice Childress

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ISBN13: 9780698118546
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Benjie is thirteen years old. He is poor, he is black, and he is hooked on heroin. Everybody wants him to get clean, but Benjie isn't sure he wants to kick his habit. The drugs make him feel calm. They make him feel better about his mom spending so much time with her boyfriend. They make him feel less afraid of living in a dangerous neighborhood. Without drugs, what will he have left? Told from the interchanging perspectives of Benjie's mother, her boyfriend, Benjie's teachers, friends, grandmother, and others — and from Benjie's own point of view — A Hero Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich takes the reader from Benjie's first time experimentation with drugs, through his addiction, and into his attempts at recovery. The characters are so perfectly conceived and the dialogue so flawlessly real you will feel as though you know Benjie and those who occupy his world.

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Benjie can stop using heroin anytime he wants to. He just doesn't want to yet. Why would he want to give up something that makes him feel so good, so relaxed, so tuned-out? As Benjie sees it, there's nothing much to tune in for. School is a waste of time, and home life isn't much better. All Benjie wants is for someone to believe in him, for someone to believe that he's more than a thirteen-year-old junkie. Told from the perspectives of the people in his life-including his mother, stepfather, teachers, drug dealer, and best friend-this powerful story will draw you into Benjie's troubled world and force you to confront the uncertainty of his future.

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Benjie can stop using heroin anytime he wants to. He just doesn't want to yet. Why would he want to give up something that makes him fell so good, so relaxed, so tuned out? As Benjie sees it, there's nothing much to tune in for. School is a waste of time, and home life isn't much better. All Benjie wants is for someone to believe in him, for someone to believe that he's more than a thirteen-year-old junkie. But Benjie can't kick heroin for his mother or for his teachers. He needs to do it for himself.
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Jenna, August 25, 2008 (view all comments by Jenna)
This was a favorite book of mine in high school, and it's still an amazingly complex portrait of a particular character in a particular place. Growing up in a rural area, my experience was very different than of the urban, heroin-addicted hero, but Childress helped me relate to him and see the world through his eyes.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780698118546
Author:
Childress, Alice
Publisher:
Puffin
Location:
New York
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Family - General
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Children's 12-Up - Literature - Classics
Subject:
Social Situations - Drugs, Alcohol, & Substance Abuse
Subject:
Social conditions
Subject:
Drug abuse
Subject:
African Americans
Subject:
Social Issues - Drugs, Alcohol, & Substance Abuse
Subject:
Ethnic - African American
Subject:
African Americans--Social conditions
Subject:
Childrens classics
Edition Description:
Mass Market
Series Volume:
CHL-99-9 rept.4
Publication Date:
20000201
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from 3 up to AND UP
Language:
English
Pages:
128
Dimensions:
7.21x4.43x.34 in. .21 lbs.
Age Level:
12-17
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"Synopsis" by ,
Benjie can stop using heroin anytime he wants to. He just doesn't want to yet. Why would he want to give up something that makes him feel so good, so relaxed, so tuned-out? As Benjie sees it, there's nothing much to tune in for. School is a waste of time, and home life isn't much better. All Benjie wants is for someone to believe in him, for someone to believe that he's more than a thirteen-year-old junkie. Told from the perspectives of the people in his life-including his mother, stepfather, teachers, drug dealer, and best friend-this powerful story will draw you into Benjie's troubled world and force you to confront the uncertainty of his future.
"Synopsis" by , Benjie can stop using heroin anytime he wants to. He just doesn't want to yet. Why would he want to give up something that makes him fell so good, so relaxed, so tuned out? As Benjie sees it, there's nothing much to tune in for. School is a waste of time, and home life isn't much better. All Benjie wants is for someone to believe in him, for someone to believe that he's more than a thirteen-year-old junkie. But Benjie can't kick heroin for his mother or for his teachers. He needs to do it for himself.
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