

Kristina’s mother files a court order, claiming her an unfit mother. When he comes back, they get back together. Throughout the novel, her boyfriend is away, and she starts sleeping with his cousin. Kristin begins dealing meth to one of her friends who now works in a whorehouse. Her mother kicks her out after her son hurt himself and she was unable to do anything. She moves in with her mother to get clean, but instead she and her boyfriend become addicted to meth.

In this book, Kristina has just had a baby, and is struggling to take care of him. The series is about eighteen year old Kristina’s struggle with drug addiction and is based on the life of Ellen Hopkin’s daughter. She lives with her family in Carson City, Nevada, where she has founded Ventana Sierra, a nonprofit youth housing and resource initiative.Glass is the second free verse poetry book in the Crank series by Ellen Hopkins. Told in verse, it's a harrowing and disturbing look at addiction and the damage that it inflicts.Ībout the Author Ellen Hopkins is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous young adult novels, as well as the adult novels such as Triangles, Collateral, and Love Lies Beneath. A vivid portrait of a victim to addiction, this sequel to Crank is the continuing story of Kristina and her descent back to hell. Once again the monster takes over Kristina's life and she will do anything for it, including giving up the one person who gives her the unconditional love she craves-her baby. She needs the monster to keep going, to face the pressures of day-to-day life. But the monster is too strong, and before she knows it, Kristina is back in its grips. Now with a baby to care for, she's determined to be the one deciding when and how much, the one calling the shots. Kristina thinks she can control the urge, the addiction, the monster trying to drag her down. And once it's got hold of you, this monster will never let you go. Whatever you call it, it's all the same: a monster. Told in verse, the book presents a harrowing and disturbing look at addiction and the damage that it inflicts.īook Synopsis Crank. About the Book Based on true events, this sequel to "Crank" continues the story of Kristina and her descent back to hell.
