Crank

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Ellen Hopkins: Crank (Spanish language, 2014)

438 pages

Spanish language

Published Jan. 22, 2014

ISBN:
978-607-400-645-2
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OCLC Number:
892461211

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4 stars (1 review)

"Kristina Snow es una hija y estudiante ejemplar hasta que, durante una visita a su padre, se sumerge en un mundo delirante que despierta a Bree, su álter ego. Bree es todo lo que Kristina nunca soñó ser: poderosa, atrevida, seductora y... adicta a la mentanfetamina cristal. Pero el monstruo de las drogas es más poderoso de lo que jamás imaginó y la arrastrará en un viaje con insospechadas consecuencias."--Back cover.

Visiting her absentee father, Kristina's life turns upside-down when he introduces her to the dark world of crank, or crystal meth. The story, told in jagged free verse, contains profanity, explicit sexual situations and blatant descriptions of drug use.

8 editions

reviewed Crank by Ellen Hopkins (Crank Series #1)

Crank

4 stars

I wasn't sure what to expect with this -- I simply picked it up because it was on a list of commonly banned books. Don't let the page count scare you off -- the book is a collection of poems, and so it moves quickly. The poems are all connected, intended to be read in order, and essentially form a monologue as the narrator struggles with drug addiction and myriad other challenges (no spoilers here, but it's a lot for any sixteen-year-old to handle). The ending leaves the reader uncertain, but there's no doubt that the narrator has gone on a critical journey for herself, and each poem left me wanting to know the next step in the story.

Subjects

  • Abuso de drogas
  • Recaudación cocaína
  • Drug abuse
  • Dysfunctional families
  • Juvenile fiction
  • Embarazo
  • Ficción juvenil
  • Cocaine abuse
  • Schools
  • Ice (Drug)
  • Escuelas
  • High schools
  • Pregnancy
  • Escuelas secundarias
  • Spanish language materials