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008    180928s2018    nyu      b    000 0 eng d 
020    9781481482295|q(hardcover) 
020    1481482297|q(hardcover) 
020    9781481482288|q(paperback) 
020    1481482289|q(paperback) 
035    (OCoLC)1055274236 
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100 1  Pollack, Jesse P.,|eauthor. 
245 14 The Acid King /|cJesse P. Pollack. 
250    First Simon Pulse edition. 
264  1 New York :|bSimon Pulse,|c2018. 
300    455 pages ;|c22 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
490 1  Simon true 
500    "Real stories. Real teens. Real consequences."--cover. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [445]-455). 
505 0  July 1984 -- A brief innocence -- Childhood's end -- The 
       dark -- Thirteen ways of looking at a black spot in the 
       woods -- Jimmy.  
520    A murder in a small Long Island town reveals the dark 
       secrets lurking behind the seemingly peaceful façade in 
       this latest installment of the Simon True series. On June 
       19, 1984, seventeen-year-old Ricky Kasso murdered Gary 
       Lauwers in what local police and the international press 
       dubbed a "Satanic Sacrifice."  The murder became the 
       subject of several popular songs, and television specials 
       addressed the issue of whether or not America's teens were
       practicing Satanism. Even Congress got in on the act, 
       debating Satanic symbolism in songs by performers like AC/
       DC and Ozzy Osbourne. "The country is in crisis!" screamed
       the pundits. After all, it was the height of the Reagan 
       era and Nancy Reagan's "just say no" campaign was 
       everywhere. But what this case revealed were bigger 
       problems lurking at the heart of suburban America. Ricky 
       Kasso wasn't a bad kid, but he was lost. To feel better, 
       he started smoking pot, moving on from that to PCP and 
       LSD. He ended up living on the streets and thinking he had
       nothing to lose. Gary Lauwers went from being a victim of 
       bullying to using drugs to fit in, and finally robbery--
       but then he made the mistake of stealing from Ricky, and 
       from that moment on, his fate was sealed.  A few months 
       later, Gary went into the woods behind the park with Ricky
       and two other boys. Only three of them came out.  The 
       subsequent police investigation and accompanying media 
       circus turned the village upside down. It shattered the 
       image of an idyllic small town, changed the way neighbors 
       viewed each other, and recast the War on Drugs. 
650  0 Murder|xInvestigation|zNew York (State)|zNorthport. 
650  0 Drug abuse|zNew York (State)|zNorthport. 
650  0 Satanism|zNew York (State)|zNorthport. 
650  0 Criminal psychology|vCase studies. 
650  7 Criminal psychology.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00883467 
650  7 Drug abuse.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00898480 
650  7 Murder|xInvestigation.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01029788 
650  7 Satanism.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01105622 
651  0 Northport (N.Y.) 
651  7 New York (State)|zNorthport.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01207625 
655  7 Case studies.|2lcgft 
655  7 True crime stories.|2lcgft 
655  7 Case studies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01423765 
655  7 True crime stories.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919985 
830  0 Simon true. 
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