Dope Sick

"You can create something new and change the direction of your life. " Walter Dean Myers on DOPE SICK

A drug deal goes south and a cop has been shot. Lil J's on the run. And he's starting to get dope sick. He'd do anything to change the last twenty-four hours, and when he stumbles into an abandoned building, it actually might be possible. . .

Elements of magical realism intensify this harrowing story about drug use, violence, perceptions of reality, and second chances.

"Drugs, drive-by shootings, gang warfare, wasted lives Myers has written about all these subjects with nuanced understanding and a hard-won, qualified sense of hope. " The New York Times