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20150716093534.0 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
PINCKNEY COMM. SCHOOLS - 9/12 |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2003116437 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780689865190 : |
| Terms of availability |
$13.66 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Hopkins, Ellen. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Crank / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. |
Ellen Hopkins. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st Simon Pulse ed. |
| 260 0# - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. |
Simon Pulse, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
c2004. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
537 p. ; |
| Dimensions |
18 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Other books by Ellen Hopkins, Crank, Burned, Blass, Impulse, Identical, and Tricks (published 8/25/09). |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Kristina Georgia Snow is the perfect daughter, gifted high school junior, quiet, never any trouble. But on a trip to visit her absentee father, Kristina disappears and Bree takes her place. Bree is the exact opposite of Kristina. Through a boy, Bree meets the monster: crank. And what beings as a wild ecstatic ride turns into a struggle through hell for her mind, her sould - her life. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc. |
Ellen Hopkin's semi-autobiographical verse novel, Crank, reads like a "Go Ask Alice" for the 21st century. In it, she chronicles the turbulent and often disturbing relationship between Kristina, a character based on her own daughter, and the "monster," the highly addictive drug crystal meth, or "crank." Kristina is introduced to the drug while visiting her largely absent and ne'er-do-well father. While under the influence of the monster, Kristina discovers her sexy alter-ego, Bree: "there is no perfect daughter,/ no gifted high school junior, / no Kristina Georgia Snow./ There is only Bree." Bree will do al the things good girl Kristina won't, including attracting the attention of dangerous boys who can provide her with a steady flow of crank. Soon, her grades plummet, her relationships with family and friends deteriorate, and she needs more and more of the monster just to get through the day. Kristina hits her lowest point when she is raped by one of her drug dealers and becomes pregnant as a result. Her decision to keep the baby slows her drug use, but doesn't stop it, and the author leaves the reader with the distinct impression that Kristina/Bree may never be free from her addiction. In the author's note, hopkins warns "nothing in this story is impossible," but when Kristina's controlled, high-powered mother allows her teenage daughter to visit her biological father ( nearly homeless known drug user), the story feels unbelievable. Still, the descriptions of crystal meth use and its consequences are powerful, and will horrify and transfix older teenage readers, just as Alice did over 20 years ago.--Jennifer Hubert. |
| 521 ## - TARGET AUDIENCE NOTE |
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| Target audience note |
Ages 14-up. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Drug abuse |
| General subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Teenagers |
| General subdivision |
Drug use |
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Fiction. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Ice (Drug) |
| General subdivision |
Fiction. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Novels in verse. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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