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When she gets his house she notices a boy that is in her opinion good-looking. His name is Adam. Everything is all good between their little relation-ship until Christina and Adam decide to go to the bowling alley. In the time period they spend time there, she goes from a girl from having all her priorities set to a cocaine addict. They refer coke to the term, the monster in the book.

While in the bowling alley she finds herself doing cocaine with her boyfriend, her boyfriends ex girlfriend, and her father. Ellen Hopkins states, Something is awfully wrong in this picture. That is no doubt my favorite line of Crank. As soon as she leaves the bowling alley, she is sexually assaulted by a group of young boys that notice she is high.

They take advantage of her and rape her. Luckily Adam comes by and saves her from more of this harmful situation. After this, her life changes drastically and how she attempts to deal with these obstacles in her way of succeeding in life is for you to discover.

Now, honestly, there is some content in Crank that some viewers might find disturbing or inappropriate so I would recommend for readers that can overlook that and enjoy this great and enjoyable book. But in some way I personally feel this content is important because it shows how the monster affected her. Other than that, its a great read and it makes you think about things. The message that I got was Dont throw your life away that you worked so hard for someone you desire or especially not for drugs, it just isnt worth it.

Based on a true story, Kristina Snow has the perfect life. Until she goes on a trip to Albuquerque to visit her MIA father, and her life is flipped upside-down. Bree takes over Kristinas life, and turns her into a totally different person: one who is daring, careless, and fearless. Bree is introduced to the monster through Adam, and although her life seems amazing and exciting for a while, she soon learns that her new friend, the monster is out to destroy her life, and will do anything to accomplish that.

One summer Kristina goes to visit her father. When she comes back, she's no longer Kristina. She's Bree; and Bree is addicted to the monster. Bree is the polar opposite of Kristina, she has confidence, and can get anything she wants.

I love, love, loved this book! It is without a doubt high up on my favorites list. I'd recommend this book to anyone. It also allows you a real look at the effects of meth. Star ratings in yellow are from our Staff Reviewers. Star ratings in green are reader reviews. Anyone can post a reader review, so post yours today!

We have all sorts of YABC buttons for your website. Grab one here and link to YABC! FAQs Advertise Become a member. How to resolve AdBlock issue? Write Review Add to favorites. Extension Activities As we can see in Crank , poetry allows us to express ourselves in new and creative ways. Write a poem or series of poems about something that has happened in your life. Find out exactly what it does in the body, how long the side effects last, how much it typically costs, and any other pertinent facts.

Write a short story about what you think will happen to Kristina and her baby after the events depicted in the book.

There are several other books about teenage drug addiction, including Go Ask Alice and Smack. Read one of these other books and compare it to Crank. Crank Ellen Hopkins. Age Level :. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem.

Return to Book Page. Preview — Crank by Ellen Hopkins. In Crank , Ellen Hopkins chronicles the turbulent and often disturbing relationship between Kristina, a character based on her own daughter, and the "monster," the highly addictive drug crystal meth, or "crank. While under the influence of the monster, Kristina discovers her sexy In Crank , Ellen Hopkins chronicles the turbulent and often disturbing relationship between Kristina, a character based on her own daughter, and the "monster," the highly addictive drug crystal meth, or "crank.

Get A Copy. Paperback , pages. Published October 1st by Margaret K. McElderry Books. More Details Original Title. Kristina Snow. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Crank , please sign up. Isn't the second book Glass? I just need to make sure cuz sometimes I mess it up big time. Emilee Yep, and the third book is Fallout :. Anthony V in my opinion it is an amazing book i recommend it …more in my opinion it is an amazing book i recommend it less.

See all 22 questions about Crank…. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of Crank Crank, 1. Life was good before I met the monster.

After, life was great, At least for a little while. Like a seed planted in your body, Crank is an unforgettable read that sweeps you up into a whirlwind of drugs, sex, and the choices and mistakes you must make when growing up. After I finished this novel, a little invisible demon grew at my side and will forever travel at my shoulder-whispering this story and its consequences into my shuddering ears.

Read this book, you will never do meth and will always re Life was good before I met the monster. View all 11 comments. Aug 20, booklady added it Recommends it for: all parents of teens. Shelves: crime , youth , , autobiography.

This is one of those books I can't give a star rating to--at least not by the definitions goodreads assigns. I did not like this book at all and yet I am forced to admit it is powerful, important, scary-as-you-know-where and should be read by every parent of teenagers today. My daughter brought Crank home from the school library and also read it in a day; it's positively riveting.

Ellen Hopkins first novel is based on her own tragic experience as a mother of a crank meth addict. So although Cr This is one of those books I can't give a star rating to--at least not by the definitions goodreads assigns. She was born and lived as Kristina for 16 years. After her introduction to crank, or 'the monster' as she refers to it throughout the book, she discovers this wild, seductive, bad girl inside her named Bree. To add to the overall eerie effect, Hopkins writes the entire book in sculpted verse.

Each page is a different shape, direction and interplay of italics and plain text. Although I'm familiar with other books which use this poetical technique, I've never seen it used to such creepy perfection. Be prepared to stare into the Void.

View all 26 comments. Read a book set in high school. Ok ya'll. Time for another brutally honest and very personal review from yours truly. Gee, i seem to be writing a lot of personal reviews lately, don't I? As some of you may have noticed, I haven't spent a lot of time on here or even been reading much this summer. That's because I've been dealing with a lot of personal shit on my plate.

Some of that has to do with work. Some with school. But I am, for the first time admitting to all of you that the main reason is b Read a book set in high school.

But I am, for the first time admitting to all of you that the main reason is because I've spent the majority of this summer fighting with my personal demons. Of which I have a ton.

Or share my feelings. Or make my demon battles public knowledge. However, I have come to the conclusion that sometimes I need to resort to unorthodox fighting methods in order to keep the demons at bay. And one of those methods is writing. Because I don't know you guys on a face-to-face level, I really feel as if i can be honest. And myself.

And maybe use this space, my own personal cyber-writing pad as a way to get out my inner junk. Because it's there. Clawing at the walls of my psyche for release. And I am writing this review as much for myself AND for all the people who may never read these words just as much as I am writing for you guys who will read them.

So bear with me. This may be a bumpy ride. Also, i'm spoiler tagging everything from here on out, simply because there will be some dark stuff in here, so those of you who are uncomfortable with dark and twisty and personal material need not enter at all. The Monster. All known as a little drug called Crystal Meth. A young girl, fighting with her own demons, visits her long lost father one fateful summer and her life collides with the monster. And this is her story. Written in verse.

I know there are people who didn't like this book. I understand. There were parts I didn't like. But it hit me so hard and so fast that I had no choice but to five-star this bitch. It has been a long ass time since I read anything that made me cry this much and for this long. But that's for later. And I lost our daughter because I was using other drugs to try and deal with the fact that I lost the man I was going to marry to Crystal Meth.

I had taken a job in upstate New York for the summer, and he was going to reconnect with his long-lost father in Detroit. Instead of reconnecting with his father, he met a girl. And that girl hooked him on a drug that, until recently, I did not understand. I did not understand its power, its substance. What it makes a person do. How it changes your core until the last shred of the person you were before you met this drug dissolves before your eyes.

I did not lose the man I loved in death. I lost him to the monster. There is a man still living who looks a little bit like the man I loved. Still answers to the same name. Receives his mail. Wears his clothes. Lives his life. But this is not him. This is someone else entirely.

The man I loved died the minute he met the monster. And the person who rose up to take his place is an impostor. Somebody I don't know. Whom I don't want to know. The monster took a man who knew how to love and taught him to hate. Took a man blessed with kindness and made him mean. Took a man who looked at me with gentleness and love and showed him how to hit and bruise and scar. Turned a man who worked into a man who stole. The monster took away his beautiful brown eyes and left him with those that are tired and bloodshot.

It blanketed those eyes with dark circles. Took away his smile, his muscular frame, his strength. It made him someone who doesn't sleep for days on end. Doesn't eat. Doesn't live. It killed his fire and his passion and his will. The monster, in turn, created a monster. But this isn't why I picked this book up. I picked this book up because this summer, the monster tried to select another victim.

Another person whom I love and care about. But this time I was stronger. And though my friend's road to recovery will be long and hard, together, we fought the monster and won this particular battle.

And though I am beyond thankful and grateful that in this particular case, I did not lose another person to this horrible drug, so many people are not that lucky. This is actually a very unique case and involves a violent battle that doesn't usually get won. This book describes everything from the victim's point of view, so it was very hard to see any other character objectively. However, it gave me a much deeper understanding of things that have happened to me and to two people I love.

This is a novel. However, it is a fictionalized version of a true story. Ellen Hopkins's daughter did become addicted to Crystal Meth and all of the raw and biting descriptions of the addiction, the emotions, and the physical manifestations of that addiction are very real.

Here is another confession. I am a drug addict myself. Though i have never nor will ever do Crystal Meth, I have fought other addictions for years. I am proud to say that I am clean, and have been for quite some time. My passion has turned to helping people whom the monster as well as its various partners in crime has tried to destroy.

I still battle the urge to use, particularly when the demons of addiction start partying with the demons of loneliness, depression, anxiety, and life in general.

And so this book made me cry. I cried for the lingering pain of a long-lost love. I cried for the agony of a friend. I cried for those I don't know who struggle with the illness.

I cried for my own child whom I will never know. I cried for parents who have lost children. Friends who have lost friends. Siblings who have lost siblings. I cried for myself, because I desperately needed to cry. Have you ever had so many thoughts churning inside that you didn't dare let them escape in case they blew wide open? The answer is yes. View all 69 comments.

Oct 21, Kelly and the Book Boar rated it did not like it Shelves: read-in , i-read-banned-books. On to the actual story. I know Crank was supposed to bring to light all the dangers of drugs and how using will destroy your life and blah blah blah.

The lack of caring, concern or any type of involvement with Kristina at all by the mother was extremely disturbing to me as a parent. Seriously, if your teenager is an average P. Violate your custody agreement, call Family Services and have his dumb ass investigated, do anything it takes to keep your kid away from that person. Everything else just made me feel like this. View all 14 comments. It made me feel like I was reliving seeing my friend fall apart, right before my very eyes.

It hurt to read this at some parts, made me want to shake Kristina and beg her to "please, stop" to tell her she's "better than this. It hadn't done much for my friend. In fact, it'd done nothing. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the w 4. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed the writing and structure of the novel.

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