Dope+Sick

Discussion page for //Dope Sick// by Walter Dean Myers

Would appeal to lower level readers and has A Christmas Carol type of plot. Kelly Budd Keene High School

This is really designed for lower lever readers who live in compromising positions. It is all about a drug deal gone bad. Lil J, dope sick and shot, runs into an old building and finds a man, Kelly, watching TV. Kelly's TV shows Lil J his life - it can replay and or fast forward into his future. There is a lot of introspection here. I found it boring. Most of the students who have taken it out at our school have borrowed it for an assignment. I hope we have better choices. Sharon Flesher-Duffy, Nashua High South