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Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n' Roll
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   Art of Modern Rock: Poster Explosion by Paul Grushkin

Big glossy bible of rock and punk posters.

   Candy by Kevin Brooks

Joe is as addicted to Candy as she is to heroin. Will he risk his recording contract- and his life- to save her?

   Concrete Candy by Apollo

Fifteen year-old Apollo is your guide to hip hop, the 'hood and surving the gritty inner-city.

   Crank by Ellen Hopkins

Once she "shakes hands with the monster" (crystal meth) good girl Kristina morphs into her reckeless alter-ago "Bree" and starts to spiral out of control...

   Crosses by Shelley Stoehr

"We cut ourselves. Not by accident, we do it purposely- and regularly- because physical pain is comforting and because now it has become a habit. Like the drugs. These are, in fact, the two main things Katie and I have in common. They are how we met."

   Drugs Explained: The Real Deal on Alcohol, Pot, Ecstasy and More. by Pierre Mezinski

Get the facts.

   Fat Kid Rules the World by K. L. Going

296 pounds of insecure Troy Billings + semi-homeless addict and guitar legend Curt MacCrae = a punk band and a roller coaster friendship

   Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson

What to pack for a Vegas road trip Hunter S. Thomas style: "two bags of grass, seventy-five pellets of mescaline, five sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a salt shaker half-full of cocaine and a whole galaxy of multicolored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers...A quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of Budweiser, a pint of raw ether and two dozen amyls."

   Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

Alice could be anyone. Alice could be someone you know. Alice is a fifteen year-old addict. This is her diary.

   If You Loved Me by Marilyn Reynolds

Lauren made a promise to herself: No drugs ever, and no sex until marriage. But her boyfriend Tyler has different ideas. "If you loved me, you'd forget about that promise" he begs her... Will she?

   Journals by Kurt Cobain

Get inside the head of grunge legend Kurt Cobain through his writing and sketches.

   Love and Sex : Ten Stories of Truth

Virginity, infatuation, first times, obsession, abstinence, sexual identity and trans teens. It's all here.

   Minipops by Craig Robinson

The tiniest computer drawings of the biggest rock stars.

   Rainbow Party by Paul Ruditis

Gin is throwing a Rainbow Party. Who's going and why? Who's dreading it? What will really happen?

   Rolling Away: My Agony with Ecstasy by Lynn Marie Smith

Lynn Smith never wanted to be an addict. It just happened. One day, she was living a so-called normal life, and the next she woke up to reality. In the mirror she saw the face of a grinning skull and, in her head, the world was turned upside down. After a five-month binge on Ecstasy, Smith would never be the same.

   Rough Guide to Bob Dylan by Nigel Williamson

   Rough Guide to The Beatles by Chris Ingham

   She's a Rebel: The History of Women in Rock & Roll by Gillian G. Gaar

Women who rock and how they helped shape music today.

   Smack by Melvin Burgess

"You take more and more, and more often. Then you get sick of it and give up for a few days. And that's the really nasty thing because then, when you're clean, that's when it works so well."

   The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky

"I just need to know that someone out there listens and understands and doesn't try to sleep with people even if they could have. I need to know that these poeple exist."

   This Book is about Sex by Tucker Shaw and Fiona Gibb

Inside info from Tucker and Fiona, the sex experts at alloy.com.

   Tribute to Another Dead Rock Star by Randy Powell

Grady has been invited to speak at a concert honoring the death of rock icon Debbie Grennan- his mother. But what is he supposed to say to adoring fans about a mom who abandoned her family for her musical career and drug habit?

   V Club by Kate Brian

Ardsmore High is offering college scholarships- the catch is the students "must exemplify purity of soul and body." Eva, Kai, Debbie, and Mandy all have reasons for wanting the money and think that starting a Virginity Club may be the only way to remain eligible.