Gyke,+Tiffany



*~.: Plot Summary :.~*  Kristina Georgia Snow is your typical teenager, straight A student and perfect daughter. The story begins with her telling you about Crank (or Meth), aka the "monster." She also talks about Bree, who I believe is her split personality when she's "flirting with the monster." Then she begins to tell you everything that has happened to her, starting with going to see her father in albuquerque. When she goes to visit her father her life is changed drastically. When she first arrives she see's this boy and later find out his name is Buddy, or Adam. When she first see's him He is talking with a girl name Lince (pronounced Lynx) Soon Kristina has realized that she is in love with him, but the first time they speak, Kristna introduces herself as Bree. They start spending everyday with eachother just hanging out but then one day, they are at the bowling ally where Kristina's father works and Buddy asks Kristina if she wanted some crank, or meth. Kristina faulters a little bit but she tries it. She is instantly addicted to it. All too soon Kristina (Bree) has to go home to her mothers. The two love birds say there good byes and go in different directions onto a different route to different futures. When Kristina returns home it is quite obvious to her mother that she has changed but she doesnt know how. Later on Its Scotts (stepfather) work party at a water park and she is partying with the monster and decides to let Bree loose. She then goes and hits on a life guard named Brendan and then runs into another guy named chase who is the "bad boy" type. One day later on Kristina is out driving with Brendan, snorting crank and also drinking, they stop off somewhere and Brendan decides to kiss her. Then after he's tired of that he goes farther and ends up raping Kristina. What Happens to Kristina? Is there anything between her and Chase? Is Kristina pregnant from the rape? *~.: About the Author:.~* Ellen Hopkins was born March 26, 1955 in Long Beach, California. She was also adopted by Albert and Valeria Wagner. She grew up in Palm Springs but she was the "poor rich." Later in her childhood, actually in 8th grade, she moved to Santa Ynez Valley, near Santa Barbara where she owned a few horses and even showed. In her 20's she had her first child Jason and Cristal 2 years later. She was divorced when Cristal was little but later found another. She had broken up with him and then found John Hopkins and is still with him today. If you want to know more visit her website. Note: She has an adult and a young adult website. All of my information is from the young adult site. Link to the young adult site: http://ellenhopkins.com/YoungAdult/about/ *~.: Ellen Hopkins's Other Works :.~* Ellen has written 74 books total in her life time including the Crank series listed. //Crank, Glass//, and //Fallout//, are all one series. //Tricks, Triangles, Perfect, Identical, Burned, Impulse//, and many more. *~.: Social Relevance :.~*  Drug Abuse According to a survey in 2005, 10.4 million americans 12 or older had used Meth at least once in their life and 512,000 within the last month. Long term Meth abuse can turn to addiction, anxiety, insomnia, mood swings, and violent behavior. It can also include paranoia, hallucinations, and delusions. The Drug Abuse Warning Network has estimated that 1,449,154 Emergency Department visits were related to drug abuse or overdose. http://www.methamphetamine-addiction.net/methamphetamine-statistics.html

Some teens in a high school survey admitted to using a drug within the past thirty days. And even more scary, this is how easy the teens said it was to get the specific drugs. For more, visit here: http://www.teenhelp.com/teen-drug-abuse/teen-drug-abuse-statistics.html
 * Marijuana: 19.9%
 * Stimulants: 4.6%
 * Other opiates: 4.3%
 * Tranquilizers: 3.1%
 * Sedatives: 2.9%
 * Hallucinogens: 1.9%
 * Cocaine: 2.3%
 * Inhalants: 1.5%
 * Steroids: 1.6%
 * Heroin: 0.5%
 * Marijuana: 85.8%[[image:http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQF8Fe12uZ7kvZeewzkN21IaBNzODcwpmDKPJs0p3KTEChsPTW2nQ width="207" height="154" align="right"]]
 * Amphetamines: 55.4%
 * Cocaine: 47.8%
 * Barbiturates: 46.3%
 * Crack: 39.2%
 * LSD: 33.1%
 * Tranquilizers: 30.1%
 * Heroin: 29.6%
 * Crystal meth: 26.7%

*~.: Actors and Actresses :.~* If I were to make a movie based on this book, I would choose Emma Roberts or Dakota Fanning, I say Emma Roberts would play a great Bree because she is also a teenager and she has played very good roles in past movies, as well as Dakota.

To play Adam, I would actually choose Zac Efron. I think that he would fit perfectly, He's a great actor and he has a good stage presence.

*~.: About the Reader :.~* Tiffany Gyke was born in Columbus, Ohio on November 8th, 1996. She has lived in Pickerington, Johnstown, and Blacklick, Ohio. She is currently 14 years old and still lives with her father, Chris and crazy step-mother Tara. (Her parents divorced when she was 12.) Tiffany also has 5 pets. 3 dogs, a cat, and an unruly brother. Thea (German Shepherd), Peanut (Shiba Inu), and Ollie (Chihuahua Rat Terrier mix) Cali and Steven. Tiffany hopes to be a professional photographer of some kind or work with animation when she grows up. Also, a fun fact for the readers, if you saw Tiffany and her mother together, you wold think her mother was her older twin



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