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// Crank //  First Simon Pulse Edition, 2004, 537 pp. Ellen Hopkins Amp, La Glass, Speed, Crank. Methamphetamine. Whatever you call it, Crystal Meth is still a dangerous, deathly drug. To Kristina, it’s the “monster”. But to Bree, it’s a way of Life. Kristina Snow, a straight A student, popular in school, the whole world ahead of her. Loving family, great friends, accepted by everyone. But one visit to her absent dad turns that around. Down to good ol’ Albuquerque to see just why her parents split. To see how sad his life is. To see how Crank made it that way. Adam. Buddy, they call him; hot guy, all the girls love him, “parties” all the time. He’s so not Kristina’s type. But he sure is Bree’s. You see, Bree is a side of Kristina that she never knew existed, a side that could make or break her. Kristina will do whatever she can to keep Bree in the shadows. But one slip of the alter ego and Bree is set loose; and she is ready to do //anything//. Buddy seems to love Bree, but he doesn’t know she’s just another side of a girl he hardly knows. It doesn’t matter to him because he has secrets of his own. Innocent Kristina doesn’t know what she’s getting herself into, but Bree knows exactly where she’s going. She’s bringing Kristina down the path of destruction. Drugs are the premiere and the encore to this horror film of a life. As Kristina screams for help, Bree drags her back down the dark hole of self pity while she snorts another line of her new life. A summer fling just isn’t what Kristina experienced in Albuquerque, as much as she wants believe that as she goes back home. While her bad habits follow her footsteps, she tries hard to keep her secret, a secret. But her step dad is a little suspicious of that secrecy, and her mom tries hard not to believe that her daughter is starting to resemble her dad’s infamous traits. So as Bree continues to dig deeper into the dark hole she created, Kristina crawls back up into reality just long enough to realize what Bree let herself get into. Just long enough to realize that her mistakes have ruined her way beyond repair. Just long enough to realize that Bree isn’t the only thing inside of her that can change her life forever… This book was seriously one of the most amazing books that I have ever read. I would definitely recommend this book and any other book by Ellen Hopkins to anyone who enjoys real life (this book is mainly about her daughter although it’s a fictional novel). Crank is very overwhelming with creativity and straight forwardness. This novel is kind of the inspiration to make me want to write my own book. Also, Crank is filled with all kinds of information about Crystal Meth, which can give you a life lesson about how serious this drug is.

-Asia K.