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Crank

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This book holds the key of the biggest mystery, what drugs can do to YOU. Crank(crystal meth), is the bigest adictation of a girl who flirts with death. A sad yet harmonious story written in verses, made me hold onto it until i finished it, which meant many many hours. Everyword we read, there contains a secret message that awes our lack of intellgence in that area. Beautiful as the words go, strange as the mood seems, this is a book that CANNOT be left alone. The dark simplicity of it will make everyone cry in displease of having it end. I loved this story. This is everything I ever wanted to read. the best teen novel I've ever read.

When I got this book and opened the first page I was shocked to see that it was written as a poem. I worried that I wouldn't like this style of writing but decided to give it a try. I sure am glad I did as I was unable to put this book down once I started reading.
The story is nothing new...a girl gets hooked on drugs and her life takes a downward spiral..ending with the birth of a baby. It is the way it is written, however, that makes this a magical book.
I highly recommend this book as long as you have the time to finish it once you start it.

Frankly, the 'girl-addicted-to-hardcore-drugs-needs-her-desperate-struggle' is a really popular and over-done theme in teen contemporary books right now, but Crank was different. It flirts with this poetic version that makes everything much more interesting. Truthfully, I read this book in class and missed a very important lesson it was that good. It's also a book I feel I will read again in the future, definetly worth buying.

This is one of the most beautifully written books I have read in a long time. Don't get me wrong, the subject matter is very difficult to swallow and at times you wish to smack some sense into the narrator. This book is told through poetry and the poems shows the read the chaotic, desparate, yet intellegent mind of addicts. I read this with a number of 16-17 year old teens. It is a great novel which I highly recommend.