Crank
- Published
- 1 January 2004
- Pages
- 537
- ISBN-13
- 9781416995135
- Type
- novel
About this book
Crank opens Ellen Hopkins's trilogy in 2004 at 537 pages, a free-verse novel fictionalizing her own daughter's addiction as good student Kristina Snow meets crystal meth and a wilder alter ego, Bree, takes over her life.
Key facts about Crank
Crank is a novel by Ellen Hopkins. Readers have had it since 2004. It runs to 537 pages.
Our list holds 3 editions of Crank. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781416995135 to find the main one.
Crank is book 1 of 3 in the Crank series. The series has 3 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
Additionally, Ellen Hopkins writes Burned, Impulse and Tricks, plus 1 more series. Those series sit on our young_adult and fiction shelves. Meanwhile, Sync is the latest published Ellen Hopkins book on file, from 2024.
About Ellen Hopkins
Ellen Hopkins was born March 26, 1955, in Long Beach, California, and studied at Crafton Hills College, the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the Institute of Children's Literature. See every Ellen Hopkins book in order.
Its place in Crank
Crank is book 1 in the Crank series. It is followed by Glass. See the full Crank reading order.
Ellen Hopkins wrote Crank about her own daughter's addiction, fictionalizing Kristina Snow -- a good student who visits her largely absent father, meets "the monster" (crystal meth), and finds a wilder, riskier alter ego named Bree taking over her life. The trilogy follows the consequences across a decade: Glass picks up with Kristina now a teenage mother still unable to control her addiction, and Fallout shifts perspective entirely to her three children -- Hunter, Autumn, and Summer -- each shaped, in different…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781416995135
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781442471818
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780689865190