Melvin Burgess
Melvin Burgess' first book, THE CRY OF THE WOLF (1990), was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal which he then went on to win for the cult novel JUNK, along with the Guardian's Children's Fiction Prize. He won the Lancashire County Library Children's Book of the Year Award for BLOODTIDE (1999) and the LA Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature for DOING IT (2003). His latest YA book, 3 BULLETS, was published by Andersen Press in July 2021.
Melvin Burgess' first book, THE CRY OF THE WOLF (1990), was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal which he then went on to win for the cult novel JUNK, along with the Guardian's Children's Fiction Prize. He won the Lancashire County Library Children's Book of the Year Award for BLOODTIDE (1999) and the LA Times Book Prize for Young Adult Literature for DOING IT (2003). His latest YA book, 3 BULLETS, was published by Andersen Press in July 2021. See less
Melvin Burgess's Featured Books
Melvin Burgess book reviews
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Bloodtide
Brutal....passionate
This novel truly captures the brutality of the futuristic world with its gangland culture and a fight for the strongest to claim a sci-fi london. The Connors and Volsons are at war and have a 'treaty ... Read More
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Doing It
Melvin Burgess is male Judy Blume
by Sarah, Apr 4, 2007
This book gives male perspective into the hormone sodden teenage years of British males. Being a female and reading this book, it sheds new light into the minds and hearts of lusty high schoolers. ... Read More
