Not actual item image. A stock cover is shown for reference. The copy offered for sale is the one described below.Hardcover. New York, Scholastic Press, 1ST, 2003, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: Very Good, Black boards with gilt lettering. Clean, unmarked copy with only minor wear to dust jacket. A black boy from Harlem, attending a prep school on a scholarship , returns home at Christmas to discover that his Dominican girl friend has begun using drugs - the beast is the name given to the lure of drugs. Record # 467268
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