Crank

Kristina, a character based on the author's own daughter, goes from a model student to a drug addict after discovering crystal meth – also known as “crank”. Told in a series of poems, we follow Kristina as she discovers her alter-ego Bree and becomes an entirely different person so addicted to the crank that she will do anything to get it.


This can be a very upsetting book, but it is a powerful read for teens. Even though it is written by an adult, the author does a good job at portraying the teenage voice that others will be able to relate to. We can sympathize with Kristina as we follow her journey, and throughout the book we only want her to get better, even though it doesn't seem like it will. This book shows the extreme dark side of hard drugs and would make a teen think twice, especially girls, to see if that's really how they want their life to turn out.