Lush

Lush is a young adult fiction novel by Natasha Friend published in 2006 by Milkweed Editions. It focuses on Samantha Gwynn, a thirteen-year-old girl whose father is an alcoholic, which "lush" is another name for. It was listed on the Young Adult Library Services Association's (YALSA) 2007 Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers released by the American Library Association (ALA). It was also named a 2008 Rhode Island Teen Book Award nominee. Lush was included in the ALA's Top Ten List of the Most Frequently Challenged Books of 2010 list. In the story, Sam has to confront the problem of alcoholism in her family. Reviews School Library Journal wrote that Friend "candy