Publisher- Simon & Schuster
Publication Date- 2004
Pages- 537
Followed by- Glass
Awards- 2005 Quills Award nominee, 2005 Book Sense Top 10, 2005 NYPL Recommended for Teens, 2005 PSLA Top Ten for Teens, 2005 Charlotte Award, 2005 IRA Young Adult Choices Award, 2006 Kentucky Bluegrass Award, 2006 SSLI Honor Book Award, 2006 Gateway Readers Awards winner.
Kristina had a very good life with her mother, step-father, brother, and sister. Until she had to go spend the summer with her dad. There she meets the monster. While under the influence, she finds her alter ego, Bree, who is everything she is not. This is about her journey with the monster.
Ellen is said to be the best poet living in America today. Unless this means putting words in various patterns and shapes, I would highly disagree. But that doesn’t mean I didn’t like the book. The plot is wonderful. As a semi-autobiographical book, this shows you what it’s really like to walk hand-in-hand with crank(aka, the monster, aka meth). I loved hearing Kristina’s thoughts and both hers and Bree’s reactions to situations. The 1st person point of view really adds to the emotion. Not the best writing, but overall a very good story.
I also liked this book, but Identical by Ellen Hopkins is way better in my opinion! You should definitely read it! :)
ReplyDeleteI will definitely check it out!
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