Crank
By: Ellen Hopkins
The book I read was “Crank” by Ellen Hopkins. This book was
about a girl, named Kristina, whose parents are divorced, and goes to spend the
summer with her dad. While she’s there she meets a boy, named Adam, who gets
her into the drug called Crank. She starts dating this boy and gets really
hooked on it. She even did it with her dad, because he is really into drugs as
well. When she goes home she continues doing the drug, and leaves her old
friends behind. As she continues to do crank, she gets into a lot of trouble
and realizes how bad the drug is. Towards the end she tries to quit, but finds
out something huge. Main characters are: Her father, her mother, her
step-father, her sister, the three boys she was involved with Adam, Brandon,
and Chase.
What I
liked about this book was how it was written in poem form. The pages were
shorter and it made it a lot easier to read. Also, I liked how it gave good
detail, so that the reader fully understood the situation. What I didn’t like
was how the book ended; it was really unexpected, and surprising. My favorite part of the book was when she met
Chase, because he was nicer than the other two boys she had dated. I can
connect this book to “Go Ask Alice” because that is also a book about a girl
who gets addicted to drugs and has bad experiences.
If
recommend this book to anyone who likes a sad book, with a little romance in
it. I think this book would be best for teenagers around 15-18 because it
really describes what it’s like to be hooked on drugs, it explains all the bad
things that happen from being on them. Also, it shows a little bit of teenage
love, which people like to read about. I would rate this book 4 out of 4 stars
because it was really interesting to read about what this girl went through
while on this drug and her struggles as a teenager. Also, it was an easy read
because of the way the book was set up and written. I think teenagers should read this book to
understand the disadvantages of doings drugs like crank.
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