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Hi y\u2019all. I\u2019m looking for books where a main character is an alcoholic, for a middle-grade or YA audience.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the bull\u2019s-eye of the target. Outer circles of the target are books with a subsidiary alcoholic character (I already know about Haymitch so apparently I\u2019m going to venture into the Hunger Games books, pray for me); books with main characters who are addicted to other drugs, including fictional drugs; books where a main character goes through a period of heavy drinking that isn\u2019t especially coded as \u201calcoholism\u201d by the narrative; books where a main character deals with e.g. alcoholic parents; and books with comedy drunks. I\u2019m definitely still interested in hearing about all of those, but again, the bull\u2019s-eye here is books with an alcoholic main character<\/strong>. The only recent one I\u2019ve read is The Spectacular Now<\/em>, which I really loved<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Email me your suggestions eve_tushnet@yahoo.com and please do pass this around. Thanks\u2026.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"