For my independent reading critical analysis‚ I am going to do not one book but seven. These books are all by Ellen Hopkins and they all have the same writing technique. Ellen Hopkins is a beautiful and realistic writer. All of her books are connectable and understandable‚ especially to teens and young adults. Let me explain and give you my take on the books. Ellen has a very interesting way of writing that I’ve only seen in a handful of books‚ such as Out of the Dust by Karen Hesse‚ I Heart You
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Crank by Ellen Hopkins Crank by Ellen Hopkins is based on a sixteen year old girl named Kristina‚ who ends up going down the wrong path during a vacation to visit her father. In this writing the theme is loud and clear for the reader; the horror and risks of illegal drugs‚ what the “monster” can do to ones life‚ and how the drugs can set you for downward spiral. Kristina a 16 year old leaves home in Nevada to visit her absent father in Albuquerque for three weeks. Kristina soon meets a boy
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Section 1 – Book Info Name of Book: Crank Author: Ellen Hopkins Publisher: Simon & Schuster Where Published: New York‚ New York 10020 When Published: 2004 Number of Pages: 537 Length to read: 3 weeks Section 2 – Authors Purpose The authors purpose in Crank is to inform about the dangers of drugs‚ and how they can affect everyone around you. The whole book is an example of the things that can happen if you were to do those drugs‚ the way she gets addicted and how it consumes her
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Who Played the Game of Life? In life‚ there is a list of rules people must follow; however‚ it’s their choice if they follow them or not. Kristina from the series‚ “Crank‚” by Ellen Hopkins is just one example of a person who is devious by breaking rules more than once. Kristina is a 16-year-old girl who visits Albuquerque for a visit to her dad. While she is visiting‚ she meets a boy named Adam and falls deeply in love. Both of the men she spends time with‚ her dad and Adam‚ are currently addicted
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Perfect By Ellen Hopkins The book Perfect is an extremely accurate and realistic interpretation of the struggles many young people face during their unpleasant years as teenagers. Centered around the lives of four very different high school seniors; they all have one thing in common: hardships. Some more severe than others‚ but all in all‚ they are hardships. Cara Sykes is dealing with not only her parents awful idea of what is right and what is wrong‚ but also the fact that her brother Conner attempted
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The most meaningful piece of literature that I have read is Crank by Ellen Hopkins. Crank is the first book in the Crank trilogy. After Crank is the sequel Glass‚ and finally Fallout. Crank is a beautifully written free verse poetry novel that is composed of 544 pages. The novel is about a teenager named Kristina. Kristina is a junior in highschool and has all A’s.She lives with her her mother‚ dad‚ and brother. Kristina lives a normal‚ happy‚ and carefree life until she is introduced to the drug
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Journal 2 In this roller coaster of a book‚ I am currently on page 326 out of 537. The author of this book is Ellen Hopkins. When I started this book I thought it was just another story about a teenager that didn’t have any friends but that all changed when she went to Nevada. Throughout this journal I will be visualizing‚ predicting and questioning. To kick off this visualization‚ the first thing that really stood out and made me really think about what I was reading was when the main character
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“You’ll only find happy endings in books. Some books.” In the novel‚ Burned‚ by Ellen Hopkins portrays a story of a young girl going through a rough life with no way of escaping from her past. Pattyn‚ the protagonist‚ grows up in a busy household with 7 other sisters‚ a mom‚ and an abusive father at the age of 17‚ her household was never quite peaceful due to her father who abuses the mother and herself both verbally and physically‚ till Pattyn finally stand up herself. She dreamed on meeting the
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Jenna Book Response English 12 – Kalin Burned written by Ellen Hopkins Is a great novel‚ and worth the time to read. Burned is about a teen girl who was born and raised a Mormon; Pattyn Von Stratten she is like most teenagers growing up. Her family is extremely religious but in the same prospective her father is a drunk and very abusive. Pattyn is tired of living the fairytale of a Mormon lifestyle and ready to be energized with her own free spirit and way of life. Pattyn slowly starts to
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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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