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?
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