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Heroine

Mindy McGinnis

Mickey is a talented softball catcher whose senior season is disrupted after a car accident sends her and her best friend Carolina to the hospital. Prescribed OxyContin, Mickey runs out of the medication early and obtains more through another student. Her use escalates to heroin, and she tries to hide it from her family while stealing money for drugs and struggling on the field. The novel traces her path into opioid addiction.

This book appears on 3 reading lists across 1 edition from 3 organizations.

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Themes
Family · Friendship · Medicine And Health · Sports
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books
Published
March 12, 2019
Pages
432
ISBN-13
9780062847195
Language
English
Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin–MadisonCCBC Choices
  • 2020Fiction for Young Adults
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