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Margaret K. McElderry Books (2013), Edition: Reissue, 576 pages
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Kristina Georgia Snow is the perfect daughter, gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. But on a trip to visit her absentee father, Kristina disappears and Bree takes her place. Bree is the exact opposite of Kristina. Through a boy, Bree meets the monster: crank. And what begins as a wild ecstatic ride turns into a struggle through hell for her mind, her soul - her life.
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Holly Hume-Kaina Sept. 1. 2010
Crank
In Reno, Nevada lived an average teenage girl and her average suburban family. Nearby in Albuquerque, New Mexico lived her deadbeat father. Kristina Snow was her name. She led a normal life, yet blended into her surroundings. A trip to visit her father turned
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her life around completely.
Upon her arrival, she meets the boy who would do this to her. This book shows the perspective of many teenage girls who struggle with drug abuse today. Often, two sides are shown once the drugs become an influence. In this book, the voice is split between Kristina; the good half, and Bree; the darker, newer half. I felt it helps you understand the story better because you can see the changes taking place in the main character.
Adolescents frequently trust their peers almost too much. We are constantly seeking acceptance from our peers around us, and when someone decides they've "fallen in love with you" or wants to be your "best friend forever", are we going to "Just Say No"? I don t think so. The majority of young people would do a lot of things to maintain that new found acceptance.
Bree has a romantic relationship with three different boys in this story. The first, introduces her to meth. Adam, (or Buddy)was the boy Kristina was sure of being her first love. The second, Brendan, manipulated Bree using meth and ultimately raped her, taking her virginity. Last but definitely not least in Bree's book was Chase. He and Bree experimented with drugs, and endured a lot together. Chase was the boy who made Bree reconsider Buddy as her first love.
Kristina finds coming home to be a lot more trouble with Bree taking over her mind. The storyline shows Kristina slowly turn into Bree; taking risks, being outgoing and mysterious, and flirting with different boys. She takes charge, and the rush of the meth allows her to maintain. Show Less
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LibraryThing member wanderingeileen
When I told my leetle seester about the 52 Book Challenge, she handed me "Crank" by Ellen Hopkins.
Now, you should know something about me: I've never read the Twilight books. In my adolescent days you couldn't drag me out of the teen section in a book store. I was the kid who read unicorn novels at
So when she handed me the book and told me it was good, I accepted.
First, you should know that although "Crank" is thick -- 537 pages -- it is, in fact, a quick read. Hopkins wrote the book in a lyrical, poetic form. At times, this is annoying. There are a lot of tabs, awkward spaces and she fully employs the use of shape poems, which I thought could be left in elementary school.
And at times, it is beautiful. The book opens with "Flirtin' with the Monster."
Flirtin' with the Monster
Life was good
before I met
the monster.
After,
life
was great.
At
least
for a little while.
And yet, through the use of poetry, Hopkins cuts through a lot of the B.S. that so often fills teen novels. In doing so, she finds her character's voice without the struggle other authors might have been through. She gets straight to the heart of the character, a 17-year-old girl named Kristina who, while on vacation visiting her father, discovers an alter-ego she calls Bree.
During her summer vacation, she also discovers her two first loves: a boy named Adam, and methamphetamine.
Now, I am cautious when it comes to teen novels about drugs. There's a certain degree of D.A.R.E.-like smoke-and-mirrors that come into play in this book. Kristina, or "Bree" when she's using, gets caught up in an unusually fast downward spiral. She snorts meth, and is addicted immediately. A "good" girl turns bad, following the "monster" on her path to destruction. This downward spiral leads to really bad choices, instant rebellion, the disentigration of her relationships and a lot of other tragic stuff that I won't spoil for you.
Don't get me wrong: here in Appalachia, we see a lot of the damage that meth, or "crank," can do. It's a highly dangerous drug with a high potential for addiction. As a journalist, I once covered a drug bust in which cops took apart a "mobile meth lab" that someone was traveling with in their car. They carefully took from the car's back seat jars of chemicals and bags of sticky yellow-white substance. They also removed from that red sedan a black child's booster seat. Not exactly what I'd call responsible living.
Reading "Crank" in the land of billboards that depict meth addicts with rotted teeth and dull eyes -- and the land of frequent double-wide fires -- has definitely given me perspective. However, I tried to read this book, to hear it's message, with the eyes, ears and heart of its audience: a 14-year-old. I feel that this novel, like so many other good teen novels, not only speaks about drugs, but about the uncertainty of adolescence. It is a time of great, scary, beautiful change. It's easy to feel alone, as though no one in the world understands; it is a time of learning about oneself, and about others. "Crank" speaks to all of that.
The author certainly has an investment in scaring children away from meth. In the author's note, Hopkins writes: "While this work is fiction, it is loosely based on a very true story -- my daughter's. The monster did touch her life, and the lives of her family. My family. It is hard to watch someone you love fall so deeply under the spell of a substance that turns him for her into a stranger."
I'm grateful my sister handed me this book. It gives us a lot of things to talk about: first love, illegal drugs and sex. After finishing this poetic novel, I don't think this book leans too heavily against the "don't do drugs" mantra; I think, in the end, it is a beautiful way to start a conversation. In the end, I think that's the best thing that parents, siblings and mentors can do to steer teens away from dangerous situations: talk to them. I'm all for open, honest conversations -- and listening. I'm an advocate for building trust and for communication.
In the end, I would reccomend this quick read and quick glimpse into the mind of a teenage girl who loses her way. It might help you start a conversation with an adolescent who is important to you -- a conversation about things that are not, at all, easy to talk about. Ultimately, it might also cause you think back on that time in your life, and how dramatically things might have changed.
Now, you should know something about me: I've never read the Twilight books. In my adolescent days you couldn't drag me out of the teen section in a book store. I was the kid who read unicorn novels at
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recess. However, I gave up on tween novels years and years ago (OK, I set my last one down maybe six years ago). This book is written for 14-year-olds, but my sister -- despite being barely into "teen"-dom -- is also one of the most intelligent human beings I am privileged to know. She can pick out Bach by ear on a cello, for Einstein's sake.So when she handed me the book and told me it was good, I accepted.
First, you should know that although "Crank" is thick -- 537 pages -- it is, in fact, a quick read. Hopkins wrote the book in a lyrical, poetic form. At times, this is annoying. There are a lot of tabs, awkward spaces and she fully employs the use of shape poems, which I thought could be left in elementary school.
And at times, it is beautiful. The book opens with "Flirtin' with the Monster."
Flirtin' with the Monster
Life was good
before I met
the monster.
After,
life
was great.
At
least
for a little while.
And yet, through the use of poetry, Hopkins cuts through a lot of the B.S. that so often fills teen novels. In doing so, she finds her character's voice without the struggle other authors might have been through. She gets straight to the heart of the character, a 17-year-old girl named Kristina who, while on vacation visiting her father, discovers an alter-ego she calls Bree.
During her summer vacation, she also discovers her two first loves: a boy named Adam, and methamphetamine.
Now, I am cautious when it comes to teen novels about drugs. There's a certain degree of D.A.R.E.-like smoke-and-mirrors that come into play in this book. Kristina, or "Bree" when she's using, gets caught up in an unusually fast downward spiral. She snorts meth, and is addicted immediately. A "good" girl turns bad, following the "monster" on her path to destruction. This downward spiral leads to really bad choices, instant rebellion, the disentigration of her relationships and a lot of other tragic stuff that I won't spoil for you.
Don't get me wrong: here in Appalachia, we see a lot of the damage that meth, or "crank," can do. It's a highly dangerous drug with a high potential for addiction. As a journalist, I once covered a drug bust in which cops took apart a "mobile meth lab" that someone was traveling with in their car. They carefully took from the car's back seat jars of chemicals and bags of sticky yellow-white substance. They also removed from that red sedan a black child's booster seat. Not exactly what I'd call responsible living.
Reading "Crank" in the land of billboards that depict meth addicts with rotted teeth and dull eyes -- and the land of frequent double-wide fires -- has definitely given me perspective. However, I tried to read this book, to hear it's message, with the eyes, ears and heart of its audience: a 14-year-old. I feel that this novel, like so many other good teen novels, not only speaks about drugs, but about the uncertainty of adolescence. It is a time of great, scary, beautiful change. It's easy to feel alone, as though no one in the world understands; it is a time of learning about oneself, and about others. "Crank" speaks to all of that.
The author certainly has an investment in scaring children away from meth. In the author's note, Hopkins writes: "While this work is fiction, it is loosely based on a very true story -- my daughter's. The monster did touch her life, and the lives of her family. My family. It is hard to watch someone you love fall so deeply under the spell of a substance that turns him for her into a stranger."
I'm grateful my sister handed me this book. It gives us a lot of things to talk about: first love, illegal drugs and sex. After finishing this poetic novel, I don't think this book leans too heavily against the "don't do drugs" mantra; I think, in the end, it is a beautiful way to start a conversation. In the end, I think that's the best thing that parents, siblings and mentors can do to steer teens away from dangerous situations: talk to them. I'm all for open, honest conversations -- and listening. I'm an advocate for building trust and for communication.
In the end, I would reccomend this quick read and quick glimpse into the mind of a teenage girl who loses her way. It might help you start a conversation with an adolescent who is important to you -- a conversation about things that are not, at all, easy to talk about. Ultimately, it might also cause you think back on that time in your life, and how dramatically things might have changed.
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LibraryThing member 8F_SAM
This book was weird, but in an awesome sorta way! It wasn't the best book, in my opinion, that Ellen Hopkins has wrote, but it was still pretty awesome! I liked part of the ending, like the concept, but the way that Ellen Hopkins portrayed the idea was too......happy! Like all through the story
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Bree/Kristina's been struggling with Crank, and then the ending's all "happily ever after"! :P Show Less
LibraryThing member DF5B_AshleyP
Crank is a book about a teenage girl who has never lived with her father, untill one summer when she goes to spend time with him. Her father is not the greatest guy in the world, he has a durg and drinking problem. But,when Bree/Kristina finds love in a new guy that lives down from her father she
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also finds love in a new drug. Kristina gets addicted to this drug and when she returns home, with no love and this new drug all she can do is try and find love in a new guy and get her drugs. As Kristina goes down with the drugs, her life changes drastically in just a short time and she finds herself making a big choice. Crank is a great book, it really shows you what drugs can do to your life. Its a quick read that is writen in verse(poetry) and is an awesome book to read. Show Less
LibraryThing member alimcc
After her introduction to what she calls "the monster," good girl Kristina's (or Bree) life begins to spiral out of control as she sinks further into addiction.
Crank is the story of a high school girl, named Kristina, and what can happen when one loses control. After visiting her father in Florida
Hopkins' use of verse to tell Kristina's story is tough at first, but the short, sometimes choppy, other times long and fluid lines lend themselves to the thoughts of a girl spinning out of control. Crank is terrifying. It doesn't pull punches. It doesn't sugar coat. The result is a beautiful, incredibly sad, eye-opening story about the dangers of drug use. Even though some teens may not be able to relate to Kristina's particular struggle, the frank portrayal of drug abuse will certainly stick with them. Because of the graphic nature of the situations she finds herself in, and because of the subject matter itself, this book is best suited to it's target audience, High Schools. It should be found in any high school, especially those with drug abuse programs such as D.A.R.E, and in the teen areas of public libraries.
Crank is the story of a high school girl, named Kristina, and what can happen when one loses control. After visiting her father in Florida
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and being introduced to crystal meth, Kristina begins to crave the drug and its effects. What follows is a terrifying, heartbreaking look at what addiction can do to a person and a family. Hopkins' use of verse to tell Kristina's story is tough at first, but the short, sometimes choppy, other times long and fluid lines lend themselves to the thoughts of a girl spinning out of control. Crank is terrifying. It doesn't pull punches. It doesn't sugar coat. The result is a beautiful, incredibly sad, eye-opening story about the dangers of drug use. Even though some teens may not be able to relate to Kristina's particular struggle, the frank portrayal of drug abuse will certainly stick with them. Because of the graphic nature of the situations she finds herself in, and because of the subject matter itself, this book is best suited to it's target audience, High Schools. It should be found in any high school, especially those with drug abuse programs such as D.A.R.E, and in the teen areas of public libraries.
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LibraryThing member df1a_sarahs
This story is about a girl named Kristina who goes and visits her father for part of her summer. She ends up meeting this guy who introduces her to "the monster" and also introduces her to a new part of herself; Bree. The book is told in free verse.
LibraryThing member librarymeg
Kristina Snow spends the summer of her sixteenth year visiting her estranged father in New Mexico. She remembers a loving daddy, the man she calls "The Prince of Albuquerque." What she finds is a distant man who lives in a dingy apartment in a bad neighborhood, who is more interested in drinking
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and drugs than he is in her. She also meets Adam, a boy from the building, her grey knight, who introduces her to the monster: meth. Upon returning home, Kristina and her uninhibited alter-ego Bree discover that the path of her life is forever changed. Her association with the monster leads her down brand-new paths and result in some very difficult decisions. Ellen Hopkins has written a hard and unflinching novel about a very important issue. The book doesn't judge or condescend, merely relates the sad and tragic events that lead Kristina to the monster. The entire book is written as poetry and is tightly written and beautifully constructed. Anyone who believes that poetry is all hoity-toity, flowery phrasing should read this powerful and challenging book. Show Less
LibraryThing member brooke17
I read this book because I fell in love with Ellen hopkins novels the first time i picked one up. This on was also amazing i would recomend it to anyone. Its about drugs and sex and wanting to rebell at the end of this one she gets off the drugs. Her drug of choice was crank Or Meth but she learns
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several ways to get high off this drug she disapoints her parents then she gets pregnate and quites the drugs. Show Less
LibraryThing member jasmine_cherelle
omggg it was so goood!
LibraryThing member df1aemilyr
its amazing what people put themselves through they think that they cant ever get addicted to one thing but they can. she out her self through alot of danger doing drugs and all that. then while on the drug she got raped. her and her bf chase are very helpful to each other and they really care for
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each other. chase tells bree that he is going to be going to usc. she doesnt like this to much but then she finds out that she is preganant. and the baby isnt chases its brendans the guy who raped her. chase doesnt care and wants to help her out but he still goes to usc. Show Less
LibraryThing member IvyMason
5Q 5P
Beautiful and painful, carrying the reader through the ups and downs of addiction. Utilizing simple, straight-forward language, Hopkins brings the reader through every amazing high and every disastrous low. This book takes every possible destructive turn and highlights all of the cautionary
I remember talking to a young girl (probably about 14 years old) about this book last summer. She had just started to read it and was enthralled. Her older brother had been addicted to heroin and eventually died of an overdose when she was 6 and she told me that she never understood why he used drugs. She said that this book helped her to understand how someone as wonderful and loving as her brother could get caught in such a vicious world.
Overall this is an excellent book, particularly for those who have deal with drug abuse personally or with friends and/or family. It is a very dark, disturbing tale, piercing and raw in its telling, so might only be appropriate for more mature readers.
Beautiful and painful, carrying the reader through the ups and downs of addiction. Utilizing simple, straight-forward language, Hopkins brings the reader through every amazing high and every disastrous low. This book takes every possible destructive turn and highlights all of the cautionary
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tales about drugs. This story reads like a diary and is highly reminiscent of Go Ask Alice. As a whole this a uniquely powerful tale; wonderful and agonizing to read all at once. My only critique is that a few of the plot elements are not entirely plausible - for example why would a teen girl from a normal, well rounded family be sent to live with her drug addicted father for a summer? However, I know that these things do happen, so I can look past it. I remember talking to a young girl (probably about 14 years old) about this book last summer. She had just started to read it and was enthralled. Her older brother had been addicted to heroin and eventually died of an overdose when she was 6 and she told me that she never understood why he used drugs. She said that this book helped her to understand how someone as wonderful and loving as her brother could get caught in such a vicious world.
Overall this is an excellent book, particularly for those who have deal with drug abuse personally or with friends and/or family. It is a very dark, disturbing tale, piercing and raw in its telling, so might only be appropriate for more mature readers.
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LibraryThing member storybook2
Although I know how popular this book has been at surrounding high schools and that it is the Abraham Lincoln 2009 winner, I was fairly ambivelent about reading it, even after having listened to the author speak at the ISLMA Conference. However, once started, I realized the book's compelling
At any rate, I regard Crank as a title that should be recommended to parents as much as (or more than) students. Watching Kristina's spiral downward was heartbreaking. Crank's greatest redeeming quality could be the heartbreak it spares.
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quality - the character's first person free verse pulls the reader in like the crank she's come to know. Could hardly put it down until I had finished it (fortunately, it reads quickly). My overall recommendation for the book is only somewhat tampered by the lack of closure at book's end. Realization of a sequel, however, chipped away at my intrigue for the book. Must every literary work own a sequel? Do authors no longer quest to write the "Great American Novel" just for the sake of writing "the Great American Novel" or, is everything about making a buck? And apparently, this one on the back of the author's daughter's own personal experiences. At any rate, I regard Crank as a title that should be recommended to parents as much as (or more than) students. Watching Kristina's spiral downward was heartbreaking. Crank's greatest redeeming quality could be the heartbreak it spares.
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LibraryThing member ronda73ca
... exackly that a book about a young girl on drugs, sad and scary at times. The author wites in verse format. My first read of that type, she makes the words just of the page with emotion. Wonderful book for a first time writed. Definatly a page turner ... you need to know whats next.
LibraryThing member GualandriD
This book was amazing!!!! I love the way it is written, very interesting. I would reccomend this book to anyone that is 7th grade and older. Very easy read but for more mature audiences. Cant wait to start reading the sequal glass.
This book is about a 15 year old girl named Kristina. She changed
this book is 544 pages long, but again, a extremley easy read.
This book is about a 15 year old girl named Kristina. She changed
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her name to one that she thinks is more dangerous, Brea. She gets involved with a boy Adam that she meets over summer break when she goes to visit her father, a druggy. Adam soon introduces her to crank. Brea comes ack to her moms still addicted to crank. . She goes into a down spiral of addiction, to the point where she is so addicted that she will do anything to get her drug. this book is 544 pages long, but again, a extremley easy read.
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LibraryThing member pomlp362
This book has to be one of the best I've read recently. It was incredibly thought provoking, and amazing that the author's daughter has been through it herself. It was incredibly hard to put down and as it was written in prose it was a quick book to read for how thick it was. I am soon going to
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read the sequel which I hope will be as good as this book. A hihgly recommended book to anyone. Show Less
LibraryThing member LeSili
This beautifully written novel in verse is juxtaposed with the ugly monster, crank, which plays the villain of the piece. Thought provoking, intense poetics are intertwined with crass, shocking, detailed descriptions of a young girl’s life spiraling out of control as she falls headlong into her
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addiction. The author has a gift of creating vivid imagery with just a few carefully chosen words. Also, the lyrics are cleverly arranged on the page and presented in such a way that they can be read two ways. This is hard to describe, but quite impressive. At first, I worried that the descriptions might be too much for a teen, but upon reflection, I think the realistic and powerful portrayal of addiction this books explores will provide a warning to teens and adults alike about just how quickly and easily things can get out of control. The raw descriptions of things like rape, suicide attempts and drug use are all very scary and jarring, but that adds to the draw of this tale. This is not a book to be read lightly, as the words themselves are carefully chosen and in order to get the full effect, the words need to be absorbed and pondered. My one complaint about the language is that at the beginning, it reads like a poem, but towards the middle, it reads more like a novel, only to return to poem again. It did seem to match the pace, so maybe it was intentional, but it sometimes felt like the author was losing steam. This book held my attention the entire way through, and left me drained, yet wanting more. I think the character and subject matter would be more than interesting for today’s young adults. Show Less
LibraryThing member jwhalen
Story of one girls sudden and frightening descent into the world of Crank and the family connections.
LibraryThing member Omrythea
Ellen Hopkins loosely based this fictional story upon events that happened in her daughter’s life. In her author’s note on the dedication page, she states, “It is hard to watch someone you love fall so deeply under the spell of a substance that turns him or her into a stranger. Someone you
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don’t even want to know.” She also cautions, “Crank is, indeed, a monster—one that is tough to leave behind once you invite it into your life. Think twice. Then think again.” Show Less
LibraryThing member Jadesbooks
When I first saw this book on the shelves of my fav. local book store, I was not interested. But then I found an excerpt on Amazon and read it. I was hooked and had to go and get this book. It was written like poetry, which really is not my thing, but it really worked for this story. I finished
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this book in one day, which is easy to do, but the story really had me. Some parts were a little hard to believe - like why the main character first started experimenting with drugs. That has to be what I had the most trouble understanding. If you can get past that part, just accept that she jumped head first into the drug world, than the rest is really good. Show Less
LibraryThing member jenlynn
Kristina is a quiet and shy teenager who doesn't cause her family any trouble. When she goes to visit her wayward father for a few weeks she transforms to Bree-a rebellious girl who falls into the world of Meth drug addiction. When she returns to her normal life she struggles to eat her addiction.
Written completely in prose Crank is a fast read that hooks you from the start. It is a realistic novel in that it portrays how simply and how easily someone can fall into addiction and not be able to find their way out. Fast paced, engaging characters and a deeply moving storyline will keep readers hooked to the end.
Sequal released in 2007-Glass.
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Written completely in prose Crank is a fast read that hooks you from the start. It is a realistic novel in that it portrays how simply and how easily someone can fall into addiction and not be able to find their way out. Fast paced, engaging characters and a deeply moving storyline will keep readers hooked to the end.
Sequal released in 2007-Glass.
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LibraryThing member huthan
I couldn't put it down! Very accurate portrayal of a teen's struggle with meth.
LibraryThing member kac2995
this book is a great book..... even parents will like it. it shows how drugs and things are bad for you
LibraryThing member baachan
Ellen Hopkins uses free verse to tell the story of Kristina/Bree, the two personas of Kristina Georgia Snow. Kristina is the good daughter; Bree is the methamphetamine addict. Each poem is like a chapter in the story, or at least a different angle of the story. Kristina/Bree tells us the story of
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how her addiction started when she went to visit her biological father, and continues with all the side-effects of her addiction: a rape, pregnancy, broken family relationships . . . The chapters/poems are all arranged differently, and sometimes call in other voices of figures in the novel. While I enjoyed it, I felt like I had to work to piece events together, to make the narrative coherent. While I think that this is something that Hopkins does to reflect the fracturing of logical thought on meth, I found it difficult to follow. However, it adds to the authenticity of the story of an addicted teen and allows the reader to get into her head. Recommended for public library teen collections and high school library collections. May not be suitable for younger teens because of the subject matter. Show Less
LibraryThing member emma_mc
Amazing. Written purely in poems, the story of Kristina/Bree and her struggle with the "monster" (meth) has you hooked, just like her. Kristina is your average, intelligent teenager, who makes one wrong decision that escalates tenfold. Her situation goes from bad to worse, but the book itself just
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gets better. So real, so honest, and so disturbing, it's impossible to put down. "Crank" uncovers the dark side of drugs, and proves nothing is what it seems. Show Less
LibraryThing member EKAnderson
While visiting her deadbeat dad in New Mexico, 17-year-old Kristina discovers Bree, the other side of herself that seems not to mind her dad's dingy apartment on the wrong side of the tracks, the kind of girl who can fall for Adam, who lives downstairs. Adam introduces her to the monster, professes
Crank, written entirely in verse, is an emotional purge of a novel. While the poetry leaves much to be desired - while there are a few gems, at best, most of it relies on gimmicks and typography - the story itself is solidly constructed. Hopkins' words are chosesn carefully, and her approach is direct and frank without being unpalatable or unaccessible to the reader. The character of Kristina is present on each page, confessing, and allowing the reader to experience the sensations of her rollercoaster ride with "the monster." For some, this novel could certainly serve as a deterrent. But any reader will find Crank gutwrenchingly sad and, most certainly, important.
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his love, and by the end of three weeks, Kristina is on the plane home, still a little high. Before long, she is struggling with addiction, ditching her good-girl reputation for new boys - some good, some not so good at all - new friends, and bad grades, since all these things lend themselves to her new habit. Before long meth is all she can focus on, and she has to fight to find Kristina inside the girl that Bree constructed.Crank, written entirely in verse, is an emotional purge of a novel. While the poetry leaves much to be desired - while there are a few gems, at best, most of it relies on gimmicks and typography - the story itself is solidly constructed. Hopkins' words are chosesn carefully, and her approach is direct and frank without being unpalatable or unaccessible to the reader. The character of Kristina is present on each page, confessing, and allowing the reader to experience the sensations of her rollercoaster ride with "the monster." For some, this novel could certainly serve as a deterrent. But any reader will find Crank gutwrenchingly sad and, most certainly, important.
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LibraryThing member MrsHillReads
Wow! What an impressive read. Very graphic description of a "normal" girl and how she becomes a "druggie". Although the description paints a picture of the horrible results, the descriptions of the incredible highs make me curious. I can see why this book is popular with students.
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Awards
Soaring Eagle Book Award (Nominee — 2009)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 9-12 — 2007)
Gateway Readers Award (Nominee — 1st Place — 2007)
Green Mountain Book Award (Nominee — 2009)
Lincoln Award: Illinois Teen Readers' Choice Award (Nominee — 2009)
South Dakota Teen Choice Book Awards (Nominee — 2004)
The Flume: NH Teen Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — 2006)
Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers (Selection — 2005)
Young Adult Favorites Award (2006)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
2004-10-01
Physical description
576 p.; 8.25 inches
ISBN
1442471816 / 9781442471818