The house reeks of puke, hormones, and beer, making Isaac wince as he wades through the living room. No doubt about it this is Ivy’s kind of party. Ivy’s got to be here somewhere, thinks Isaac Ramey as he pushes through the door of the cesspool, looking for his sister. The only question is… Which one? Roxy is a chilling take on the opioid epidemic by the New York Times bestselling Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman, suitable for ages 14 Extract Roxy by Neal Shusterman & Jarrod Shusterman This is the start of a race to the bottom that will determine life and death. Isaac is desperate to recover from a sports injury that jeopardizes his chance of a scholarship. Ivy is under-stimulated and overmedicated. Roxy and Addison have made a wager to see who can be lethal the quickest. But here they are malevolent gods, toying with the fates of mortals. Humans know the partygoers simply as “narcotics”, “opioids”, “drugs”. Above our world is a toxic wonderland where the party has raged for centuries.
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