NMLP P-021457 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Junk (US title: Smack)

Melvin Burgess · Andersen Press · 1996

The UK Andersen Press hardback of 1996, titled 'Junk', is the true first; the US Henry Holt edition retitled 'Smack' (1997/1998) is a separate first-American printing. The book won both the 1996 Carnegie Medal and the 1996 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-021457 for "Junk (US title: Smack)" by Melvin Burgess (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-021457, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).