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    Crank
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    Crank

    Written by Ellen Hopkins

    Narrated by Laura Flanagan

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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, she meets a boy who introduces her to crank. At first she finds it freeing, but soon Kristina's personality disappears inside the drug. What began as a wild, ecstatic ride turns into a struggle through hell for her mind, her soul, and her life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateAug 1, 2008
    ISBN9781598877687
    Author

    Ellen Hopkins

    Ellen Hopkins is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous young adult novels, as well as the adult novels such as Triangles, Collateral, and Love Lies Beneath. She lives with her family in Carson City, Nevada, where she has founded Ventana Sierra, a nonprofit youth housing and resource initiative. Follow her on Twitter at @EllenHopkinsLit.

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    • 5/5
      Relatable, almost like reading about my own life at 17
    • 5/5
      Ellen Hopkins is one of my favorites! So good! Ive read several of her books then found them all on here and decided to start over from the beginning! Beautifully narrated!!
    • 5/5
      I couldn't put this book down. I loved how it was written. It is not a book for everyone I couldn't relate to the characters for I've never been an addict to drugs but to see how it takes over is interesting to read into lives of people who do deal with these situations.
    • 5/5
      I could read this trilogy 100x and it’s timeless. Love Ellen Hopkins
    • 5/5
      Phenomenal! Incredibly moving. Highs, Lows to the extreme!!!! Can’t wait to read the whole series!
    • 5/5
      She’s an awesome author. If you like poetry/something different, give these books try
    • 5/5
      This is an outstanding book i love it! I am a recovering addict from meth and just can relate to alot thank you!
    • 5/5
      I have read this book so many times and it never gets old!!!
    • 5/5
      I am 23 years old. When I was in highschool, I was really into Ellen Hopkins but my school didn't have her books. I was not a "child of wealth" and so I couldn't afford to buy her books. I had lost too many library cards and so I couldn't bring books home. I would go to the library everyday just to read her books. That is whenever they weren't checked out. Anyway, I started the CRANK series but never finished it. Now, I have a subscription to read and LISTEN to books, HA! I just listened to this one and Ellen, I have to say. You really outdid yourself with this one. The perspective alone. Beautiful.
    • 3/5
      If you have the option to, I highly recommend reading the book vs the audio. The style of the writing gives the words so much more impact. It’s written in prose, some of the words are off to the side and create separate sentences. For example, if you listen to the introduction, you’ll hear it all together, but when you read it, you read everything...and then can see “I am the face in the mirror only not. I swerved recklessly picked up speed to madness.”
    • 5/5
      ellen hopkins was my first "teens with real problems" author. i love all her books and crank was the first i read. super compelling and i could not put it down.
    • 4/5
      It was really good, though the whole thing was in the form of poetry. :p
    • 4/5
      A tale of adolescent temptation to try drugs and other disreputable activities, Crank is written in a first person, lyrical sense that is reminiscent of the book Go Ask Alice. Although not among my favorites, it was a worthwhile read despite some disgusting details and atrocious behaviors. It shows the damage of drugs and the consequences that follow, and how easily some weak-willed teens cannot just say no.
    • 3/5
      First off I didn’t like the format of the book. It and I didn’t mesh at all. So I tried listening to it on audio book. That helped a lot but I could still hear the beaks and transitions. The other down for me is that I’m really not into poetry. I like well constructed sentences and detail but I don’t care for over the top descriptions that much. That was what half this book was. It does however make for a quick read but I would have rather had a narrative in prose with a character I could invest my interest in more. The issue of meth addiction is big and I think the more books out there about it, the better. I just couldn’t get into this one. I didn’t know enough about Kristina to begin with. There was no context for me to pull on and hope she got her shit together. Instead I just kind of watched, disinterested to see if she would. And on that topic, I’m thinking this is a mild book about meth addiction. Generally things don’t get better just like that. I thought it was a great subject to write about and I think it was constructed alright. It’s just not a book I liked all that much. It was okay.
    • 5/5
      This book written is in prose which I thought would be hard to read, but it isn't. The story is about a perfect teenage daughter who goes to visit her estranged father and comes back addicted to cocaine. The story covers less than 3 months of the girl's life; during those 3 months, she changes so much due tot he drugs. While I read the book, it scared me so much since I have teenage children... Drugs and sex are the main focus of the book, so for teens only.
    • 5/5
      Wow, this book is dark but it really does seem to give an inside look at what drug addiction actually feels like and the lengths it can take a person from who they used to be. Hard to listen to, but I feel like I understand some things after reading this that I didn't before.
    • 4/5
      For a couple years, the kids have been telling me I "HAD" to read this book. I dismissed their pleas, feeling like I was just going to end up reading another Go Ask Alice. When Crank landed on the ALHSBA list for 2009, I had to read it. And I loved it. I was addicted to this book, just as Kristina/Bree finds herself addicted to drugs, boys, and general recklessness. Making up any excuse to read, I found myself finishing this in just a couple days. I loved the choice and placement of words on each page, in some cases concrete poetry, and in others, two voices to move the story forward. I will definitely recommend this book to interested high school students and am looking forward to its sequel, Glass.
    • 5/5
      Once I became accustomed to the writing style, I was quickly immersed in this incredible story. I wish this book would have been available when I was a teenager. It is reminiscent of Go Ask Alice with that same strong voice that doesn't shy away from the ugly, painful, and difficult truths. The writing was stunningly compelling with countless powerful quotes and a story both poignant and insightful. The contrast of the beautiful lyrical verse and the hard ugly truth of addiction was fascinating. I'm so glad I finally took the time to read this and thank everyone who recommended this to me. I, in turn, recommend this to any teenager and parent of a pre-teen or teenager as well as to anyone who appreciates stories with this kind of honest emotional depth and so-called controversial subject matter.
    • 4/5
      4.5 stars. It was very easy to get into this story, something I was hesitant about, because it is a novel in verse. The words are powerful, and the stripped-down feel of the text made the emotions and events stand out. My only dislike is the abrupt end to the book, but I am excited to read the next in the series, and to read more by Ellen Hopkins. I think this book is a great look at meth addiction and what it can do to even the most unsuspecting, mild-mannered girl. It's a fictional re-telling of Hopkins' own daughter's experience with meth.
    • 5/5
      I had this book on my shelf to read for a while and finally pulled it out to read on a whim. This was an absolutely creative and wonderful read. It is kind of a modern, more poetic, version of Go Ask Alice for a new generation.Kristina is a good girl but like a lot of teenage girls she has things about herself she doesn't like. When she begs her mom to go spend the summer with her dad, things get bad. Kristina's dad is a druggie and his neighbors aren't much better. When Kristina falls for a hot guy named Adam she has her first experience doing crank. She loves it and the personality of Kristina starts to fall away and be replaced by a naughty, michevous girl named Bree. When Kristina goes home after the summer she thinks maybe she can put Bree away forever, but she can't...and her life spirals further and further out of control.This was an awesome book partly because of the creative way the story is told. The story is told in verse, with short verses depicting events that happen to Kristina as her life spins further out of control. That's not all though, there are verses told within the verse. The verses are formatted in such a way that certain words are pulled out and to the side of the main part of the verse. If you read the pulled out words in order you will get another meaning to the verse; kind of a separate verse within the main verse. This was pretty much genius on Hopkins part and it was fascinating.So, okay the book was very creative but was it in engaging? Absolutely. I had an incredibly hard time putting this book down. The whole time you are hoping Kristina can beat "the monster" and start putting her life together. At the same time watching how she descends into drug use is fascinating and absolutely engrossing. The whole time you are just hoping nothing bad will happen to her and cringing when it does. This book really drives home the fact of how easy it is for a completely normal person to find themselves caught in a downward spiral like Kristina is. The other thing that is really pressed home is how the people who know and love Kristina act. Many of her friends just can't deal with her anymore so they don't. Her mother tries to help but doesn't have a grip on how much trouble Kristina is in; as a result Kristina ends up incredibly isolated. Really in the end the only person who can really help her is herself.Given the subject matter this is a book for older teens, or maybe a cautionary tale for younger teens. Just be aware that there is some violence, rape, and (of course) lots of drug usage throughout this book. The books ties up pretty well and I was surprised to see that there are two more books to this series; Glass and Fallout.Overall I loved this book. The style it is written in is creative, intriguing, and just absolutely genius. The story itself is realistic, intriguing and absolutely engaging. This is an excellent cautionary tale on drugs, but it is also a tale about how easy it is for a normal person to spiral out of control and isolate themselves. I will definitely be reading the next book in this series, Glass.
    • 3/5
      I only knew a little about this book and had no idea it was written in prose. I'm not sure I would have picked it up if I'd known, but after a little fumbling, I got into the swing of it and was able to get into the story.I read it in one afternoon, it flew by and was hard to put down.The story was compelling and interesting. The relationships between the characters was somewhat forced and slightly artificial. It was difficult to tell if this was due to the writer's focus being elsewhere, using prose throughout or if it was a function of the drugs themselves.I also couldn't help but be affected by the author's not that the story was based on her daughter's experiences.
    • 1/5
      I only read this book because it's in my daughter's high school library and I wanted to see if it had any redeeming qualities that would warrant its presence there. It does not. Not only is it horribly written, it also glorifies drug use, which is especially disturbing since the target audience is teens/young adults. I cannot believe this piece of garbage was a New York Times best seller, no wonder our society is rapidly declining. We provide our children with a barrage of lack luster fiction instead of encouraging them to read meaningful pieces of literature and non-fiction that will grow their world view in meaningful ways. We need to do better.
    • 4/5
      Expertly written, an inside look at how easily one can slip into addiction and how difficult it is to survive said addiction. I hope young people concentrate on the miserableness of the crash, the desperation, the negative life-changing aspects, and the ruination of relationships when reading this text.
    • 5/5
      My first book of hers and I hope she continues to write things like this. Yes its disturbing and troubling but that's life and she describes it well.
    • 2/5
      Way too dark for my tastes
    • 5/5
      (This review can also be found on my blog The (Mis)Adventures of a Twenty-Something Year Old Girl).

      Okay, so yesterday I went to my local library to get a library card since I just moved back here. Anyway, I decided to check out their YA section (which was amazing by the way). I came across Crank by Ellen Hopkins which I've only wanted to read since forever!!! It was such a good book!!

      Kristina is a high school junior that has everything going for her. She's a family girl, has great friends, and makes good grades. She would never do drugs. However, a trip to visit her father changes everything. Whilst visiting her father, she changes into Bree, the sexy brave girl who is up for anything including drugs. Everything changes for Kristina during that visit. No longer is Kristina a straight edge girl, she is now addicted to crank.

      The title of this book is quite straightforward. Crank is an excellent title for this book because it lets you know exactly what's going on. Crank is definitely the main plot line in this story.

      Okay, you all know how I am with my covers. I'm really picky about covers for books, so you probably won't believe me when I say that I actually like this cover. Yes, strange I know but there's something about how simplistic it is that makes me like it. It's a straightforward book, so a straightforward cover is a great choice for this book. Crank written in lines in what appears to be some sort of drug really suits this book.

      Ellen Hopkins did an excellent job with the world building in Crank. Every scene in this book comes alive no matter if it's taking place during a good moment or a bad one. The settings aren't really described that much which really suits the feeling of the book. However, the surroundings in the book seemed to really transport me to wherever Kristina was.

      The pacing is this book really took me by surprise. The first 2 or 3 pages started off slow, and I thought I had made a big mistake in borrowing this book. After the first 2 or 3 pages, the pacing really picked up. It flowed so well. If I hadn't started reading it so late, I would've finished it all in one setting.

      There's not much dialogue between the characters due to the book being written mostly in verse. The way the book is written is really done well. The words used work together beautifully. There are a few swear words but not many. I think I counted maybe two or three.

      Kristina is a very well developed character. All of her actions and thoughts seem to be consistent with a 16 year old girl. Her reactions to her experiences also seem consistent with her age. I liked Kristina because, although she is a drug addict, I felt that she had a sort of vulnerable quality about her. The supporting characters encountered in the book are also very well developed. They each have their own unique personality.

      Keep in mind that this isn't a very long book. It looks like it would be a long book with over 500 pages, but it's written in verse so almost all the pages don't use the whole page. It took me about 2 hours more or less to finish this book. Also, please don't be put off of this book because it's written in verse. I've never been a fan of verse until this book. It's so easy to lose yourself in it and finish it in one sitting.

      I definitely loved this book, and I am going back to my library ASAP to get the next book in the series. I can't wait to find out more about Kristina and her life.

      I'd recommend this book to everyone aged 14 due to the themes and language used.
    • 4/5
      Summary: When teenaged Kristina visits her estranged father, she is introduced to crank. Everything goes downhill from there.My thoughts: I’m generally a fan of Ellen Hopkins books, and this one was good, but not as good as I expected. Maybe it’s just that I was younger when I read earlier Hopkins books? But this one didn’t seem as heart-wrenching and there were not surprises about what happened to Kristina when she started her downward spiral. Still a good book if you’re interested in teen realism, but nothing to write home about.
    • 4/5
      I can only recommend this with reservations. Some high school students will love this book, but the content is hard to read. The drug use and teenage sex (rape) is difficult content to read.
    • 4/5
      An interesting exercise in poetry and the subject matter of drugs is eye-opening to adults and teens alike.
    • 4/5


      I'm not sure why i waited so long to read this one. I love novels written in verse. I couldn't relate to Kristina or any of the characters, but I was sucked into the story and almost felt as though I was flying right along with them. I learned to hate Brenden, love Chase; especially at the end. For a college bound kid, he really stepped up to the plate even after he found out it wasn't his place to. The ending was very abrupt and I can't wait to start the next book to find out what happens.