• Ellen Hopkins “publishers Simon & Schuster published Crank on October 1, 2004.” (Crank-Book)
• According to Google books 1005 rated Crank a five star book and 647 rated Crank with four stars. Some reviews said “I love this book, it’st perfect!” (Crank) and one review even said “Ellen Hopkins is an amazing author.! From the format of her writing to the meaning behind all of it. Look for some of her amazing patterns in her books.! Glass and Fallout were both just as good.! Thank you Ellen Hopkins (:.” (Crank)
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• A free verse form was the perfect style of writing for the book Crank. Ellen Hopkins is famous for her free verse poetry writing, almost all of her books are written in free verse.
• The book’s plot takes place the summer before and during Kristina Snow’s …show more content…
• Crank’s theme revolves around many things like sex, drugs, alcohol and bad decisions. The whole book is based on someone who drops off the deep end and starts doing drugs and making bad choices but with that comes sex, alcohol and lying.
• Anyone who reads Crank can see that the book really emphasizes the importance of just how easily it is to get addicted to drugs and how easily it is to lose ones true self along the way.
• It’s obvious that Ellen Hopkins may or may not have some relation to this book. Almost, as if the book revolves around a relative, possibly her own daughter. Ellen Hopkins really wants the readers not to feel sympathy but to feel informed; the readers need to see firsthand effects of drugs, alcohol and etc.
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• When reading Crank readers learn about the actual drug called “crank.” The books title is the merely the name of a drug that Kristina Snow and others used throughout the book. The drug “crank” is also called the “monster” but the only reason “crank” is called the “monster” is because of what it turns people into and what it does to the characters throughout the