Crank (Spanish Edition) - Softcover

Hopkins, Ellen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 6074006458 ISBN 13: 9786074006452

Publisher: Oceano, 2015

Synopsis

Kristina Snow is the perfect daughter and an exemplary student, until one day, during a visit with her father, everything changes. She becomes emerged in a delusional world that awakens Bree, her alter ego. Bree is everything that Kristina will never be: strong, daring, seductive—and addicted to crystal meth. This drug proves to be more powerful than anything she could have imagined, and it takes her on a journey with unexpected consequences. This novel, based on a true story, forces us to take a careful look at an individual’s struggle with drugs.

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Review:

Ellen Hopkins's semi-autobiographical verse novel, Crank, reads like a Go Ask Alice for the 21st century. In it, she 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 father. While under the influence of the monster, Kristina discovers her sexy alter-ego, Bree: "there is no perfect daughter, / no gifted high school junior, / no Kristina Georgia Snow. / There is only Bree." Bree will do all the things good girl Kristina won't, including attracting the attention of dangerous boys who can provide her with a steady flow of crank. Soon, her grades plummet, her relationships with family and friends deteriorate, and she needs more and more of the monster just to get through the day. Kristina hits her lowest point when she is raped by one of her drug dealers and becomes pregnant as a result. Her decision to keep the baby slows her drug use, but doesn't stop it, and the author leaves the reader with the distinct impression that Kristina/Bree may never be free from her addiction. In the author's note, Hopkins warns "nothing in this story is impossible," but when Kristina's controlled, high-powered mother allows her teenage daughter to visit her biological father (a nearly homeless known drug user), the story feels unbelievable. Still, the descriptions of crystal meth use and its consequences are powerful, and will horrify and transfix older teenage readers, just as Alice did over 20 years ago. --Jennifer Hubert

From the Author:

Ellen Hopkins teaches at the Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators and is a frequent contributor to newspapers and magazines. She is the author of more than 20 books, five of which are New York Times bestsellers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oceano
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 6074006458
• ISBN 13: 9786074006452
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 440