Amy Burton, as Author David Hulburd calls her in H Is for Heroin (Doubleday; $1.75), was a long-legged, golden-haired girl of 15 who was spending the summer in harmless idleness on the beach at "Coast City" (on the outskirts of Los Angeles) when she met Jocelyn. From Jocelyn, a 19-year-old senior, Amy learned to play hooky when high school opened; she also learned that "blowing up a joint" means smoking marijuana.
"One day," says Amy, "Jocelyn. and I rode around in Jocelyn's car and she started telling me all over again what kicks I...
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