Dope Sick
by Myers, Walter Dean
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AR Book Level
4.5
AR Points
5
Word Count
33,047
Interest Level
Upper Grades (UG 9-12)
Genre
Fiction
AR Quiz #
128140 EN
About this book
In the novel "Dope Sick" by Walter Dean Myers, seventeen-year-old Jeremy "Lil J" Dance is on the run in Harlem after a drug deal goes wrong and a police officer is shot. Desperate to escape his circumstances and battling withdrawal symptoms, Lil J retreats to an abandoned building where he encounters a mysterious man who offers him a chance to reconsider his choices. The story explores themes of violence, drug use, and the consequences of poor decisions.