NOT JUST FOR TEENS - Great Read for All

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	• Crank Ellen Hopkins Simon Pulse, 2004 - 544 pages average customer review:based on 106 reviews view larger image
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A Must-Read for Parents

This is the scariest book I've read in a long time.
Perhaps I need to qualify that by admitting I don't seek out thrillers or horrors, but I was (and am) terrified by how easily the protagonist fell into the arms of meth.
That some readers are put off by the prose-in-verse format surprises me. The text is completely accessible and a plausible reflection on the intelligent narrator. Crank is a fact of life these days, and this book is a powerful lesson for those of us who think we and our children are somehow protected from its grasp. As Hopkins notes in her introduction, nothing in the story is impossible. That's what should be putting fear into all of us.

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NOT JUST FOR TEENS - Great Read for All

When you pick up this book and realize that it is written in prose, DO NOT PUT IT BACK. This book is none other than addiction. The story is emotional and compelling. I was engaged from the begining. The book is an incredibly fast read ( I read over 500 pages in 3 sitting within a 3 day period). I could not put it down. This is also a perfect story about how a "normal" girl in an upper middle class family throws a large part of her life away and loses control of the world around her. This could happen to any American family. Parents, please read this book and think of what it must be like to be a teenager in today's world. It is a true wake up call.

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A very enlightening page-turner.

When I got Ellen Hopkins book, I realized it was written in the form of poetry and prose. I picked it up many times but would not read it because of its format. Poetry would not be my first choice in reading. However, after I had read all my other books, and this one remained, I reluctantly decided to try to read it. I am so very glad I did. Ms. Hopkins gives life to her characters. One seems to be right there with the character. You want to cry out to them, ask them what they think they are doing, or warn them that their life courses have taken a wrong turn! From the first page, I was hooked. I had to know how this girl's life would turn out. I had to keep reading so that I could walk this journey with her, help her along the way from my vantage point as the reader. If she would only listen to me, she would be okay, and not make the mistakes she was making. Anyone who has ever suffered will want to help Ms. Hopkins main character. I would like to thank her for making her characters so alive that they seem to rise from the page and become real.

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Crank

Crank is a story about an average teenage girl named Kristina. While on a visit to her see her father she hasn't seen in over six years Kristina turns into a different person. While visiting her father her life changes for the worse. Lovely "Kristina" has now turned into what her friends call her "Bree". I give this book four stars because it is a little too graphic and detailed for most readers. The author Ellen Hopkins does do an excellent job in the writing, and people reading the story might relate to Kristina's experiences.

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