Kristina hits her lowest point when she is raped by one of her drug dealers and becomes pregnant as a result. 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.
There is only Bree.” Bree will do all the things good girl Kristina won't, including attracting the attention of dangerous boys who can provide her with a steady flow of crank. 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. 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. Ellen Hopkins's semi-autobiographical verse novel, Crank, reads like a Go Ask Alice for the 21st century.
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