CRANK IS AS ADDICTING AS THE DRUG ITS ABOUT! BEST BOOK EVER

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	• Crank Ellen Hopkins Simon Pulse, 2004 - 544 pages average customer review:based on 101 reviews view larger image
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What a use of voice!

As a high school teacher, I see students come through obviously strung out 90% of their lives. It is unfortunate, and as much as we try to help, we also feel powerless in the face of drug addiction. Just as I never wanted to listen to the advice from adults when I was a teen, it is so frustrating to be that voice to my students. I relate stories of friends, families, classmates... but nothing seems to work. I found a connection to the character in this book because of her almost pleading nature. Despite what other reviews said, I never once found this book to be preachy (even when looking back at all the things that happened to Bree/Kristina). As someone who reads teen writing for a living, I found this collection of poems as authentic as any adult could be. Not once did I question the age of the narrator, in fact, at points I could picture a couple of my students writing this piece. Hopefully this book will someday be a staple of all high school educations.

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CRANK IS AS ADDICTING AS THE DRUG ITS ABOUT! BEST BOOK EVER

Crank is loosely based off the life of ellen hopkin's (the author) daughter and her life ride with the monster. this monster is no giant green reature, no it is worst. this monster is crank this monster is crytal meth.
Kristina Snow is a mother's dream, a honor student and a role model. She never gets in trouble and is a very nice person. But soon that dream turn into a nightmare when Kristina meets the monster and turns into her extreme alter ego Bree. To her family she is a different kristina but to the monster she is Bree, the outgoing trouble maker that ill do anything to get closer to the monster. Through this book and its sequel Glass, you follow the excruciating journey of a girl greatly affected by crank and her desparete fight to get her life back again.
I personally love this book. crank is defiantly one of my favorite books and will alway be. I would recommend this book to anyone mature enought to handle its content. This book is for guys along with girls. Everyone can relate to this book in one way or another. the best thing about this book is that it hides nothing and it never tries to beauty anything up. it is the truth form start to finish no matter how gruesome that truth is. This book and its sequel are writin in verse. thought verse is just another way to write it really help you connect to the character so much moire the form and shapes the words from lets you know exactly how kristina is feeling without telling you. you can tell if shes angry, happy, high, or distraught. Crank doesnt necissarly have a happy ending but it leaves you with a feeling begging for more. crank is as addicing as the drug is based on. I never wanted to put this book down. i ill read it over and over again!
"Life was good before i met the monster after, life was great at least for a little while"

-F

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CRANK........

I think this book is really good. It pretty much tells you the truth about what happens when people get into to drugs. I think that this is a book that teens should read that way they have more facts about why they should NOT do drugs...ecspecially hardcore drugs like crank.....DON'T DO DRUGS!!!!

Heart-wrenching prose

Crank is the first "novel" by Ellen Hopkins. She's an amazing author with a lot to say and a beautiful way of saying it. Let me explain. First of all, the word novel is in quotes because this book is made up entirely of poetry. The poems are beautiful to read AND look at. She has a stylized look to her work that isn't seen very often, and hasn't been done this well since EE Cummings. I actually sat down and finished the book in two sittings! Which is the tell tale sign of a good book, especially considering that it is 537 pages long! I guess that you could say... Ellen Hopkins got me hooked on Crank! You can tell she must be influenced by Cummings and the great Dylan Thomas as well. Within twenty pages she makes you forget (like Thomas) that you're even reading poetry and that this isn't just a standard novel. The book is a harrowing look at a young girl's descent into meth addiction, hence the title. In the forward, Hopkins says the story is roughly based on her own daughter's life. That fact makes this book hard to read at times. It's written so well, that you can feel her pain, love, agony, and failure. Although this book is found in the young adult section of the book store, anyone with an open mind and the ability to read should buy this book immediately!

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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 -- she's fearless.

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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