Dreamland : the true tale of America's opiate epidemic
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Bloomsbury Childrens Books, 2019.
Format
Book
Edition
YA edition.
Status
Forks - YA Non-Fic
YA 362.293 QUINONE
1 available
YA 362.293 QUINONE
1 available
Copies
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Forks - YA Non-Fic | YA 362.293 QUINONE | Available |
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Subjects
LC Subjects
American Dream.
Drug addiction -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Drug addiction -- United States.
Drug traffic -- Mexico -- Juvenile literature.
Drug traffic -- Mexico.
Heroin abuse -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Heroin abuse -- United States.
Narcotics -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Narcotics -- United States.
Oxycodone -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Oxycodone -- United States.
Young adult literature.
Drug addiction -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Drug addiction -- United States.
Drug traffic -- Mexico -- Juvenile literature.
Drug traffic -- Mexico.
Heroin abuse -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Heroin abuse -- United States.
Narcotics -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Narcotics -- United States.
Oxycodone -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
Oxycodone -- United States.
Young adult literature.
More Details
Published
New York : Bloomsbury Childrens Books, 2019.
Edition
YA edition.
Physical Desc
216 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Street Date
1907
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 7.7, 8 Points
Level 7.7, 8 Points
Notes
General Note
Includes discussion guide.
General Note
"A young adult adaptation".
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
In 1929, in the blue-collar city of Portsmouth, Ohio, a company built a swimming pool the size of a football field; named Dreamland, it became the vital center of the community. Now, addiction has devastated Portsmouth, as it has hundreds of small rural towns and suburbs across America. How that happened is the riveting story of Dreamland. Quinones explains how the rise of the prescription drug OxyContin, a miraculous and extremely addictive painkiller pushed by pharmaceutical companies, paralleled the massive influx of black tar heroin--cheap, potent, and originating from one small county on Mexico's west coast, independent of any drug cartel.
Target Audience
Age: 12+
Target Audience
Grade 9 to 12.