But maybe doesn’t count in the real world, and it certainly won’t save Kristina from the monster. Maybe then Kristina wouldn’t have snorted her first line of crank and maybe then her life wouldn’t be spiraling out of control. Or maybe if Adam hadn’t been so beautiful and broken and in need of her love. Or if her father had turned out to be the man she had wanted him to be instead of the disappointment that she found. Maybe it wouldn’t have happened if she had just stayed in Reno for the summer. What scars might drug addiction leave for generations to come?Ī Reading Group Guide to Crank by Ellen Hopkins How might drug addiction impact a family? Why might teens begin using drugs like meth even though they know the dangers? She lives with her family in Carson City, Nevada, where she has founded Ventana Sierra, a nonprofit youth housing and resource initiative.Overall pre-reading questions for the series:
Told in verse, it's a harrowing and disturbing look at addiction and the damage that it inflicts.Ībout the Author Ellen Hopkins is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous young adult novels, as well as the adult novels such as Triangles, Collateral, and Love Lies Beneath. A vivid portrait of a victim to addiction, this sequel to Crank is the continuing story of Kristina and her descent back to hell. Once again the monster takes over Kristina's life and she will do anything for it, including giving up the one person who gives her the unconditional love she craves-her baby. She needs the monster to keep going, to face the pressures of day-to-day life. But the monster is too strong, and before she knows it, Kristina is back in its grips. Now with a baby to care for, she's determined to be the one deciding when and how much, the one calling the shots. Kristina thinks she can control the urge, the addiction, the monster trying to drag her down. And once it's got hold of you, this monster will never let you go.
Whatever you call it, it's all the same: a monster.
Told in verse, the book presents a harrowing and disturbing look at addiction and the damage that it inflicts.īook Synopsis Crank. About the Book Based on true events, this sequel to "Crank" continues the story of Kristina and her descent back to hell.
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