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Mar 05, 2011

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This is one of those books I can't give a star rating to--at least not by the definitions goodreads assigns. I did not like this book at all and yet I am forced to admit it is powerful, important, scary-as-you-know-where and should be read by every parent of teenagers today.

My daughter brought Crank home from the school library and also read it in a day; it's positively riveting. Ellen Hopkins first novel is based on her own tragic experience as a mother of a crank (the strongest More...

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Jul 02, 2008

Shannon rated it:

Life was good
before I
met
the monster.
After,
life
was great,
At
least
for a little while.

Like a seed planted in your body, Crank is an unforgettable read that sweeps you up into a whirlwind of drugs, sex, and the choices and mistakes you must make when growing up. After I finished this novel, a little invisible demon grew at my side and will forever travel More...

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Nov 19, 2009

Ruby rated it:

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Dec 16, 2009

Kate rated it:

Kristina is a bright, good kid. But now, Kristina is gone. Bree has taken her place. Bree is dangerous. Bree is willing to try anything. Bree craves the monster. Bree craves crank.

Crank is a novel, in verse, detailing Kristina’s transformation into Bree. On a trip to visit her father, Kristina meets Adam. Adam introduces her to crank. But even before that fateful trip, Kristina had felt Bree’s presence. Kristina never would have even spoken to Adam. That was all Bree. Kr More...

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Mar 15, 2011

Ericaj rated it:

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Jan 07, 2009

Audrey rated it:

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Jan 25, 2011

Kenny rated it:

This book was good.The great thing about it is, it didn't slow down so I didn't get bored. Anther great thing the pages are short so it didn't take me like three minutes to read one page. I liked that when you read a poem in the book, the whole thing once, somtimes if you read it a certain way ther would be another poem. Like a poem within a poem, it very hard to describe. The story is about a girl named Kristina who goes to visit her father in Albuquerque. But instde she finds "love" More...

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Mar 07, 2009

Humberto Cnca rated it:

The book Crank is one of the best books I have read. This book has 537 pages. This book is a book from 9-12 grade. I say it is a level Z reading book. It was written in a poetic way, like no other book. The characters in the book are Kristina Georgia(a.k.a Bree), her mom, Adam, Chase, and Brendan. Kristina used to be a good girl. Until one day that she went on a trip to visit her dad. That experiance changed her for life. She met the monster: CRANK. Crank is a type of drug. She started to do More...

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Nov 23, 2008

Nykole rated it:

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Apr 19, 2011

Cory rated it:

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I don't know why, but I wanted so much to hate this book... And in some ways I did- Not because it was slow, boring, or uncreative, but because it grossed me out seeing how anyone, even I, could meander down the wrong path so easily. Crank really made me look into the mirror and rethink my standards/morals. This is definitely something EVERY TEEN should read, for it teaches an important lesson. I give Ellen Hopkins 5 stars for this masterpiece. It may no More...

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Aug 07, 2011

Paige rated it:

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Kristina Snow has only ever been a good girl. Good grades, good behavior, never associated with the wrong crowd--she doesn't take after her drug addict father at all. Or does she? When she goes to visit him due to a court order, her alter ego Bree, a girl who is fearless and her own person, comes out to play and together, they take on the monster: crank, or meth, or any of the million names you can call it. When she returns home to Reno, the ad More...

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Jul 08, 2011

♥Xeni♥ rated it:

Wow... wait... I started reading this 7 months ago? Really? Still, it was necessary to have that really long break in between!

I really disliked this book while I was first reading it. The writing style (free prose, more like thoughts scattered; sentences broken and not proper and just mixed up) really annoyed me, but more than that the subject matter and the way the protagonist was acting was just... irritating.

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Jan 06, 2009

Laura rated it:

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Dec 28, 2008

Barky rated it:

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Nov 07, 2008

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Mar 13, 2008

(B) Archer rated it:

Crank by Ellen Hopkins is about a girl named Kristina or as she likes to be called Bree is a normal teenager. She was unique, good grades, no drama, no boys. Until then she goes to New Mexico to visit her low-life father. Her eyes connect and tend to stick to her night and shining armor Adam or Buddy. Kristina never seemed to notice boys or even recognize them. Adam is this sweet,sensitive and very catching but then he brings out the monster-crank. She enjoys it, the flying, the experienc More...

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Mar 31, 2008

Alison rated it:

This book is probably my one of my favorites this year! It is a teenage fiction book that I would classify as drama/awesome story that probably everyone can relate to! Kristina, the main character, makes one bad decision during her summer that changed the rest of her life. Her alternate ego, Bree as she calls it, causes her to spiral down the wrong path and trying just about every drug out there; ecstasy, LSD, pot and crank(etc.), hence the title.
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Jun 02, 2009

Bri'aryn rated it:

Omg! I LOVE THIS BOOK!!!!!! This Book Is The Best! I Swear This Book Taught Me Alot Of Stuff That I Probably Would Have Learned Until Years From Now! It's A Great Book You Should Read It.

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May 09, 2008

Bayshore rated it:

This account of how quickly an average teen can be thrust into a world of drugs was a real eye opener. As a parent, it’s easy to think “not my child” and I am sure Kristina felt that way about herself before “Bree” took over. The way this book is written, in verse, creates a powerfully dramatic narrative. Although this may be a quick read, a story within a story is discovered by reading down the columns. I would recommend this book to every teen and parent. To purchase this book, click here More...

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Mar 03, 2009

Sarah rated it:

this book is hilariously weird, but i liked it a lot.

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Jun 03, 2008

Katie rated it:

I LOVED this book. I read it in a week. I loved how it gave you such a real look at the world of drugs. It was interesting that "Bree", really being Kristina and transforming from such a normal girl to someone who is addicted to meth. You think that it will take forever because its a thick book but its a quick read because you get so into it. You feel connected with her and feel as if you can relate to her in some sick way. Her father influences her and thats the worst part. It r More...

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Jun 23, 2011

Tamara rated it:

Only one word.FANTASTIC!!!!!!

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Dec 07, 2011

Jordan rated it:

Crank

The book crank starts off with his innocent girl Kristina Snow living with her mom never touched a drug and she was really good in school. The summer of her senior year she moves to her dads for a while and there she meets this boy named Adam and she describes him as this sexy amazing boy. They soon start hanging out more, one day he takes her to his house and he pulls out some “crank” and she has no problem doing the crank. In her opinion she thinks it’s a boy who More...

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Apr 03, 2009

Jessica Ng rated it:

At first I didn't want to read the book because it was very lengthy in pages. However, once I flipped through the pages, I saw that there was a lot of white space and the writing was in forms of poetry. Once I started reading it, I had no idea what was going on. This book overall was fairly confusing to me. However, I got the overall jist which is the girl is addicted to drugs. The monster is I believe crack. The girl is a normal teenager who goes through relationships where she gets taken advan More...

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Mar 17, 2009

Forrest rated it:

I was amazed at what the book Crank taught me. It taught me to be myself and most important, to avoid drugs. Kristina learned that the hard way. I was surprised at how much she changed through the book. One moment she was herself and the other she would be “Bree”, the other person inside of her. Bree was the demon. She was the person who insisted on doing “the monster” (crank) and to be wild with boys.
All the boys liked Bree but didn’t even get to know who Kristina really was. Kristina w More...

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Feb 27, 2009

Justin added it

Justin P.
Ms. Rogal
Strategic Reading
February 23, 2009

Book Review

Crank by Ellen Hopkins is the book I am choosing to do this on…. This book might have been written to show how easy, fast and deep it is to get into drugs and how screwed up your life can get. I feel that this book was intended for readers such as teens. She probably chose this group of readers so they have a chance to make the right decision in life and show them that “hardcore” drugs such More...

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Feb 11, 2009

Shana rated it:

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Jan 09, 2009

Leah added it

I have heard about Crank for a while now and when i was in a book store the opportunity of buying it presented itself, and i thought 'What the heck, why not?'. I started reading and the first thing that intrigued me was the way it was written. The story was told in poems, but they weren't just normal paragraphs poems (some of them were, but not most) they were arranged so that like sometimes one word was spaced out and on a different line, so there was a pause, and usually that word had a big af More...

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Jan 04, 2009

Andres rated it:

I chose to read Crank, by Ellen Hopkins, after being shoved with it by my teenage friend who consistently insisted me to read it. This novel is a realistic fiction revolving around the life of an American teenager, which may explain why my friend is so enticed about it. The novel follows the life of Kristina Georgia, a high school junior, and her seclusion with her family and school. Her mother sent her to her widowed father on a court-ordered visit where she felt isolated and indifferent from e More...

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Dec 28, 2008

Lisalit rated it:

What an intriguing title! Whatever could this book be about?

I had a lot of books donated to my classroom library this year, including the sequel to this book, Glass. I try to read as many of them as I can, so I can recommend them to and discuss them with my students, so I had to get Crank so I could read Glass. An interesting book, Crank. It is written as a series of poems which tell the story of a teenage girl who gets hooked on--you guessed it!--crank. (For those of you who ar More...

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