![]() ![]() ![]() But in the end, readers will be amazed at how quickly they work their way through this thick book-and by how much they learn about crystal meth and the toll it takes, both on addicts and their families. She again experiments with form, sometimes writing two parallel poems that can be read together or separately (sometimes these experiments seem a bit cloying, as in “Santa Is Coming,” a concrete poem in the shape of a Christmas tree). The author expertly relays both plot points and drug facts through verse, painting Kristina’s self-narrated self-destruction through clean verses (“My face is hollow-/cheeked, spiced with sores”). Cash and carry”) and eventually even robs her mother’s house with her equally addicted boyfriend. She gets kicked out of her house after her baby gets hurt on her watch, starts dealing for the Mexican Mafia (“No problem. Hot on the heels of The Twin, the undisputed queen of YA thrillers is back with a scary and. maybe 90 percent pure,” Kristina quickly loses control again. Books similar to Crank / Glass (Crank, 1-2) Ellen Hopkins' bestselling titles CRANK and GLASS are now available in this collectible paperback boxed set Kristina is the perfect daughter: gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. Getting/ out of this deep well/ of monotony I’m/ slowly drowning in.” When her former connection turns her on to “glass”: “Mexican meth, as/ good as it comes. Kristina now lives in her mother’s Reno home with her baby, but constantly dreams of “getting/ high. Hopkins’s hard-hitting free-verse novel, a sequel, picks up where Crankleft off. ![]()
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