I loved crank, mainly because of how realistic it is. Ellen Hopkins's own daughter is a crank addict which is what I think gives it it's realistic quality. This book clearly demonstrates how easily someone can become dependently hooked on this horrible drug. Trying just once can get you hooked fo...
In Crank, Ellen Hopkins chronicles the turbulent and often disturbing relationship between Kristina, a character based on her own daughter, and the "monster," the highly addictive drug crystal meth, or "crank." Kristina is introduced to the drug while visiting her largely absent and ne'er-do-well...
Crank. Glass. Ice. Crystal. Whatever you call it, it's all the same: a monster. And once it's got hold of you, this monster will never let you go. Kristina thinks she can control it. Now with a baby to care for, she's determined to be the one deciding when and how much, the one calling the shot...
Hayden feels sorry.The only reason Hayden’s still withyou. And my favorite: Thinking aboutBJs is as good as giving them.She can’t be right about Haydenwanting to break up with me,can she? We’d had a few blowups,but nothing major, and after Luke . . .Things did get better. I’m not surehow I would ...
Suddenly everyone starts to sing, Happy birthday to you… Even Hunter seems to coo along. It’s enough to almost make me feel guilty. Almost. Leigh gives me a huge hug. You made it. Happy birthday. She hands me a big package, all done up in chartreuse. [Heather must have chosen the wrapping paper. ...
Second, because maybe there is a solid answer. “Really? Against Father? What happened?” I rethink the question before she can answer it. Nothing happened. He settled out of court, then dismantled his Idaho operation and moved to Nevada, where his name hadn’t been blasted all over the media. This ...
I think I need to ride bigger water. We finish dinner. Turn down dessert in favor of getting to the theater a little earlier. The poetry slam is similar to the spoken word competition, except the poets perform their own original work. Some of it is funny. Some of it is sexy. Some of it reflects t...
Pre-first-bell yells. Catcalls. Laughter. A few tears. Nothing out of the ordinary. But just as I reach my own locker, a loud guffaw makes me turn to search for its source. It’s Shaun, apparently the chief of a small tribe of geeks. When I draw my glare even with his eyes, he turns his back to me...
She is dead.And all that talk about dignifieddeath was total bullshit. I didn’twant her to die. Period. WhatI really wanted was for her to livewhole. Well. Capable. Happy.But that was not in my power,nor in the power of any human—no doctor. No surgeon. No researcher.All we could do was try to mak...
"I'm glad you're here, Conner. I don't know what happened when you went home, but you're not the same person now. I miss the Conner who left."He slides his arm around myshoulder, pulls me close, whispers,I'm sorry, Vanessa. You are the most incredible girl I've everknown, and you deserve muchbett...
Not important, son. I've just been having someproblems with indigestion. Went in for tests. Could be an ulcer.Or maybe just your mother'scookin'. Nothing to worry about.*Then why is Mom wearing worry in two long horizontallines across her forehead and two short vertical creases just above her nos...
Try to begina new phase, you’d better expectpush-back. Try to create a wholenew you, your friend list will shrinkconsiderably. I don’t have any friendsleft at all, and that’s before anyoneknows about Dani and me. I’m sohappy that school is almost over.Once it is, I’ll be free of the pressureto be...
Instead he high-tails it several blocks away, pullsinto a strip mall parking lot.Esperanza’s is a great little taqueria,one of Aunt Cora’s favorite “hiddenhot spots.” Apparently it’s oneof Bryce’s favorites too.He pulls up in front. They havekiller burritos here. Oh, hey,you do like Mexican food,...
MAJOR CRUSH REVERIE Holly FAMILY DYNAMICS MIK STARTS HER RESEARCH CONSPIRACY FIRMLY ESTABLISHED BEFORE I GET THE CHANCE I FOLLOW A TRAIL HE DEFINITELY REMEMBERS WE SHED ALL PRETENSE QUICKLY SEX WITH A STRANGER Marissa SWIM THERAPY DAY SOMETIMES I SWIM ESCAPE THE HOUSE IS EMPTY AS I FILL THE KETTL...
Isn't that weird?" No, Pattyn, it's not. Now l'm going to tell you a little story, and it isn't very pretty. But it's honest-to-God true. 257 Another Ugly Story I sat, fascinated, as Aunt J remembered: In the 1950s the U.S. government detonated nuclear weapons aboveground, down at the test site n...
Claustrophobia threatens, despite the interior spaciousness, and I find myself longing for a long walk beneath vibrant blue sky. Even if the mist burned off and my knee was willing to cooperate, however, it couldn’t happen today. I scheduled the personal-assistant interviews at sixty-minute inter...
“Where ya been?”We moved to Sparks. I had to transfer.Solid explanation. Still,“Why didn’t you call?”I did. You were grounded. Remember?That excuse was shakier.“Not for the last two weeks.”I wanted to give you some space.Pregnant pause, givinghimself some space.Kristina, I know I’m not exactly yo...