IDENTICAL: Plot summary Raeanne and Kaeleigh Gardella are the teenage daughters of two successful parents: their father‚ Raymond‚ is a district-court judge and their mother‚ Kay‚ is a successful woman politician. While Kaeleigh acts as a typical school student that is involved in a school play‚ her identical twin sister‚ Raeanne‚ is the opposite. Raeanne spends most of her free time with her drug dealer‚ smoking pot‚ drinking and being extremely promiscuous. At home‚ both girls drink their father’s
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The book‚ Glass‚ by Ellen Hopkins‚ is a very interesting read for any reader who loves drama! The protagonist in Glass is a character named Kristina‚ and Kristina has some problems in her life. Between money problems‚ her new baby‚ Hunter‚ her parents’ divorce problems‚ and her weird and crazy alter ego‚ Bree‚ Kristina’s head is left spinning‚ and she’s looking for where to turn. On top of all that‚ she has decided to start again on a new drug‚ one that she’s used before‚ and the end results were
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September 13th‚ 2013 Crank by Ellen Hopkins is a novel about a high school girl who becomes involved in drugs. Kristina’s character is an example of a bad role model in the way that she handles relationships‚ addictions‚ and her attitude. Kristina’s judgment is shaky and her boy choices tend to lead her into trouble. Also‚ her addiction proves a valuable lesson of how one choice changes everything. She does nothing to try and control herself even though she is hooked. She was bad characteristics
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How I became a bookworm My sophomore year‚ around April I started reading "Crank" by Ellen Hopkins. I only got somewhere around the 100th page and then stopped reading‚ because I was always busy with school work. we read a book in class called "Looking for Alaska"‚ I truly enjoyed reading it‚ that is when I started slowly getting more interested in reading. When school ended for the summer‚ I had to take summer school‚ and for my English class I had to read a book and give a presentation over it
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issues presented but the one issue that is shown in the novel that I feel is presented in a realistic way is the drug abuse and violence aspect in the novel‚ Addiction is a very common problem for teenagers today‚ and in this novel written by Ellen Hopkins she tells us the story of a young girl called Kristina Snow spoken in a mother’s perspective of being faced with a young adolescents who got lost in the world of drugs and eventually ended up losing herself.This issue is presented in a realistic
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The University of the South Pacific MM313 Dynamic Systems Experiment 2- Crank Mechanism Aim: To investigate the relationship between piston displacement and crank angle for different ratios between the connecting rod and the crank. Also to look at the relationship between the turning moment on the crank shaft and crank angle for a given force on the piston. Equipment and Instrument: Introduction: A crank is an arm attached at right angles to a rotating shaft by which reciprocating
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may be thinking‚ ‘You’re so naive....she already knows about it!’ but she doesn’t. At least not in the kind of detail that Crank provides” (“Reading Teen”). Parents find the content of Crank and other young adult texts too detailed‚ graphic‚ explicit‚ and provocative for their children‚ so they do not want their kids going anywhere near it. The controversial themes found in Crank do not align with what an overwhelming
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The renowned author Ellen Hopkins never disappoints with her unique novels. Identical follows the lives of sixteen year old twins who battle their oncoming demons everyday. Kaeleigh is the perfect student and the perfect child. Yet ever since she was nine‚ her corrupt father has sexually abused her because of the absence of his wife‚ who is away campaigning for congress. Raeanne doesn’t want to come second in her father’s eyes so she turns to drugs and sex to fill the void in her heart. This novel
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was a teenager (“Ellen DeGeneres”‚ U*X*L). After the divorce‚ Degeneres and her mother moved to Atlanta. There‚ DeGeneres found her mother getting sadder and sadder. So she turned to comedy in trying to cheer her mother up (“Ellen DeGeneres”‚ U*X*L). As DeGeneres grew older‚ she has waited tables‚ sold vacuum cleaners‚ worked as a legal secretary‚ and even painted houses (“Ellen DeGeneres”‚ Newsmakers.) DeGeneres wanted to be a veterinarian‚ but she was “not book smart” (“Ellen DeGeneres”‚ U*X*L)
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Dear Mrs Hopkins‚ I am writing to you in response to your recent absurd monstrosity of an article about migrants- it simply didn’t quite fit with me. The points you make in this heartless piece‚ I can not comprehend‚ and I’m sure I speak on behalf of the UK. Starting with how you label the migrants as ‘cockroaches’‚ says a lot about your closed minded views- these so called ‘cockroaches’ are human beings. Their desperation for a normal‚ safe life has resorted them to risking their children’s lives
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