num_pages: 198
description: When Tucker Woolf needs to find a new home for his cat he only gets one call. It's from Dinky Hocker, the strongest girl he has ever met. She doesn't shoot smack, but she sure could tell you a lot about kids who do. And once the cat moves in with Dinky, visiting it means visiting the Hocker home, which turns out to be more than Tucker ever bargained for...Best of the Best Books (YA) 1970 - 1983 (ALA)Notable Children's Books of 1972 (ALA)Best Books of 1972 (SLJ)Children's Books of 1972 (Library of Congress)
language: English
title: Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack
titlecomplete: Dinky Hocker Shoots Smack
characters: Dinky (Susan) Hocker, Tyler Woolf, Natalia Line, P. John
genres: Fiction, Teen, School, Young Adult, Humor, Read For School, Romance, Childrens, Realistic Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 1128
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Margaret A. Edwards Award
publisher: Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.