Review: Clean by Amy Reed
Clean By Amy Reed Released: July 19, 2011 Publisher: Simon Pulse (Imprint of Simon & Schuster ) Pages: 288 ISBN-13: 978-1442413443 Genre: YA Fiction GoodReads Blurb : "Olivia, Kelly, Christopher, Jason, and Eva have one thing in common: They’re addicts. Addicts who have hit rock bottom and been stuck together in rehab to face their problems, face sobriety, and face themselves. None of them wants to be there. None of them wants to confront the truths about their pasts. But they’ll all have to deal with themselves and one another if they want to learn how to live. Because when you get that high, there’s nowhere to go but down, down, down." This book is one of the best teen books I've read in a long while. It takes an unapologetic look at the ugly face of teen drug addiction. The five different characters in the book are addicted to different drugs for different reasons, and all come from different backgrounds. (Except the fact that they are all white, some...