Crank
Ellen Hopkins
Margaret K. McElderry
This is a story about a monster. Not a dragon or a mythological beast, but a very real, very destructive monster—crystal meth—that takes hold of seventeen-year-old Kristina Snow and transforms her into her reckless alter-ego, Bree. Based on her own daughter’s addiction to crystal meth, Ellen Hopkins’s novel-in-verse is a vivid, transfixing look into teenage drug use. Told in Kristina’s voice, it provides a realistic portrayal of the tortured logic of an addict. The first of many bestsellers from Ellen Hopkins, Crank is available in hardcover for the first time, and is sure to be a treasure for devoted readers and collectors.