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Tags: ya india 2005 coming-of-age young-adult

Description: Depressing.

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Type: children's

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Author: Kevin Brooks

Tags: drugs teen childrens_lit prostitution

Description: 2005. 16-year-old Joe Beck tells the story of how he chanced to meet Candy near King's2005. 16-year-old Joe Beck tells the story of how he chanced to meet Candy near King's Cross tube station -- and fell under the spell of her beauty. But she's a prostitute, hooked on heroin, and her pimp, Iggy, is big, black, and dangerous. They have a day out at the zoo and she comes to hear his band play a gig in London -- before Iggy descends and beats her up. Joe manages to find her and rescue her, though Iggy is injured and comes after them. Hiding away in his family's weekend cottage in Suffolk, Candy goes through withdrawal, but Iggy hunts them down -- with Joe's beloved older sister Gina as a hostage. In the showdown, Candy ends up killing Iggy. Epilogue: Candy is in rehab and an adolescent unit and Joe is still in love for her... waiting for her. NB: to counteract the negative image of the big, black Iggy, Gina has a good-hearted, worthy boyfriend Mike -- who is also big and black -- and who helps Joe and Candy. ...

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Type: documentary

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Author: gerrie lim

Tags: culture sex prostitution singapore

Description: A journalistic exploration of the different kinds of sex for sale in Singapore and how theA journalistic exploration of the different kinds of sex for sale in Singapore and how the women involved think and feel about their line of work....