“Juvenile Jungle” by Firth Counsel. 

Avon T-219 Paperback Original (1958). 

Movie tie-in. Pictorial cover with photos from the motion picture.

“A girl delinquent leads a teen-age gang to violence – and tragedy!”

 

From the back cover:

 

“The Beat Generation”

 

It started at a wild beach party – with emotions rising to a fever as the bonfire leaped in the darkness, and the hot jazz pounded out of the phonograph . . .

 

And it ended in the cold, early hours of the morning, when mayhem and robbery led to STARK VIOLENCE – and TRAGEDY!

 

The powerful, pulsating story of a teenage gang of jet-propelled kids who felt they had no future, nowhere to go – who were out for any fast kicks they could get in cheap liquor, violence and destruction . . .

 

An honest, unforgettable novel of that small segment of our youth – the new “Lost Generation” – tragically destroying themselves in the search for something, someone to belong to!