Book Review

The novel "Crank" written by Ellen Hopkins is a very interesting, revealing book about a 17 year old girl named Kristina who is a well behaved, smart and honest girl who goes to visit her absent father in New Mexico for 2 weeks. She meets a boy who introduces her to drugs and sex and gets her hooked. She starts to live a double life and creates a girl named Bree who is the exact opposite of the real Kristina. Once she returns home, she remains Bree. She starts to make new, troubled friends who all have connections to drugs. She continues to do things lower and dirtier to make sure she gets her high. There's nothing too low for her now.

"Crank" is a very good novel, especially for teenage girls who want to read a true story about what drugs can do to you, and what guys can do to you. To read this book you must be mature enough. It has a 14 years and older rating but one still might not be mature enough to handle this heart-wrenching tale of a mother trying to save her daughter from the drug they call "the monster". "Crank" is an easy read which describes how much you can change and how desperate you may grow for drugs, and how your self respect goes down the drain.

I read this intense 537 page book in a matter of 3 days. This novel makes you realize that no matter how much you think that you won't turn to drugs and waste your life, one person can change that for you forever. Ellen Hopkins was telling the story of her own daughter in the book. "Crank is more than a drug, it's a way of life. You can turn your back, but you can never really walk away." Those words were spoken by Kristina Snow from the novel. Who is there to believe more other than somebody who has actually had the experience?

5 things I would grab if my house was about to burn down

If my house was about to burn down, and I could only take 5 things, I would take my two dogs, my bird, my blackberry and my laptop. I would take my dogs and my bird because you can replace clothes and other possessions, but you won't be able to replace your animals. You might be able to buy new ones but you will never find the same animals that you had before. Not having my 2 Jack Russells would be sad because they're both so cute and have funny personalities, it would be sad living without them. My bird is cute and even though I can't really play with him, I've had him for at least 10 years so it would be hard parting with him. I would never allow my animals to die because I wanted to keep a few of my favorite items of clothing, or some of my favorite seasons of tv shows. I would take my blackberry because I love it to death and I don't think my parents would buy me a new one afterwards because it was hard to convince them to get me one in the first place. I would need to keep my blackberry because I don't think I could live without texting and facebook mobile. I couldn't buy myself a new one either because I have no money. I would probably end up with a really ugly phone from 1990 if I left my phone to burn. I wouldn't bring the charger for my phone because I could buy another one later on. Lastly, I would take my laptop because I've only had it for around 2 months and I couldn't leave it knowing it would burn and I wouldn't get another one for a while. It would not be fun going to wherever I would live, now that my house has burnt down, and having no computer to go on, no facebook to go on except for on a 3 inch screen. The 5 things I would take with me if my house was about to burn down consist of animals and my most valued electronics.