Fallout by Ellen Hopkins

Hey everybody! Here is that last book in the Crank series...

This story, which takes place a few years in the future, is not told from the perspective of Kristina. Instead, it is told by her three eldest children, Hunter, Autumn, and Summer. Within the course of a few years, Kristina had five children (the youngest are David and Donald) and has been with many differnt guys. Each child has their own story, that somehow relates to each other.

Hunter was introduced in the first book as a baby. In Fallout, he is nineteen years old. He lives with Kristina's mother Marie and her father Scott. From the first book, it is known that Hunter was the product of rape, but his family does not quite know if this. Kristina never directly admitted it. He does not know who his father is, but does know Kristina from her somewhat annual visits. He works on the radio and is dating an amazing girl named Nikki.

Autumn is the daughter of Kristina and Trey. She lives in Texas with her Aunt Cora and her grandfather. Autumn has OCD, and likes for things to be organized. She starts to date Bryce, a new student at her school, who teaches her so much. When Aunt Cora gets married, she leaves Autumn, and she has trouble adjusting to this. She only sees Bryce when sneaking out, and she feels very alone.

In the beginning of the story, Summer is introduced. Hopkins does not tell a lot about Summer, who doesn't even know her roots. She bounces from foster home to foster home, never being able to have a place to call her own. Eventually, she lives with her father and a woman named Kortni, but is later sent back to a foster home after her father was busted for DUI. Summer is a transcendentalist and is not afraid to speak her mind.

All these children know little to nothing about each other. But they are all connected by one thing. Kristina.

What happens to them, and to Kristina? Can she finally overcome the monster? How much has she influenced her children's lives? And will all the children ever unite? Read to find out.

Glass by Ellen Hopkins

Hello!!

In the second book of the Crank series, Kristina continues her battle with the monster. She discovers glass, crystal meth, that will keep you buzzed and feeling great even longer. She hooks up with many more guys, still trying to find love. The monster is too strong, not only overpowering Kristina's life, but even seperating her family. She has been kicked out of her house, and her mother and Scott watch over the baby. What can she do? Will she ever learn to give up glass? Can she ever be with Hunter, her baby, without harming him?

I'm so sorry that I couldn't give much of a summary. I didn't want to give it all away, so all you have to do is read to find out. I know, I need a new cliche. Buh-bye!!!

Crank by Ellen Hopkins

A ton of my friends have read this book, so I decided to do the same. It was a good choice :)

Kristina. Bree. Same person, but completely different. Kristina is the good girl, smart and full of potential. Bree is the risky type, brewing up trouble with things that Kristina would never do. Kristina has always been in control because Bree never existed, until she stayed at her dad's house for a few weeks.

Is it possible to go from such a sweet good girl to someone who enjoys attention from guys in only a few days. Guess so, because Kristina did. When she went to stay at her dad's she feel instantly for this guy, Adam, otherwise known as Buddy. They hit it off, fell in love, and this is when Bree came about. Adam introduced her to crank, or meth, and this turned her world upside down. Bree became hooked, and when it was time to return to her mother's, there were some difficulties.

She loved Adam, without a doubt, and now, he was gone. He told her to see other guys, that she had his permission, despite their love for each other. But Bree didn't need permission; she was after the lifeguard, Brendan and the bad-boy, Chase. Brendan, on the outside, seemed sweet, but on the inside, sex was the only thing that crossed his mind. Chase was the bad-boy, but turned out to be the nicest guy in the world, next to Adam. All three are very different guys, but they all have one thing in common: they've been hooked by the monster.

How can Bree live if Chase and Brendan can't provide it for her? How can she live past her powerful addiction to the monster? And will Kristina ever overcome Bree? Read to find out.

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult

I'm back! Just posted about a week ago, but this book was amazing, and I was addicted to it(:

Jesse and Kate. Two normal, beautiful children. Until Kate is diagnosed with leukemia when she was two years old. When Kate needed operations for bone marrow and many other things, Sara and Brian (their parents) needed someone who would be a donor to her. This donor would need to be the perfect match for Kate, otherwise the transplant wouldn't work. And that's how Anna was brought into the picture.

Anna was conceived through in vitro fertilization, so she would be a perfect match for her sister. Immediately after her birth, her umbilical blood was given to Kate. This would be one of the many medical procedures involving Anna.

Anna is thirteen. Kate is sixteen. Anna starts to develop her own thoughts and opinions, and is willing to fight for them, as every young woman begins to do at this time. When Kate is in need of a kidney transplant, Anna puts her foot down. She doesn't want to go through another surgery (she's already had eight) and deal with terrible side effects that could harm her. She doesn't want to be cut open again, without voicing her opinion. Anna realizes that someone needs to represent her, to help her get her point across. She hires a lawyer named Campbell Alexander to help her file a law suit against her parents for medical emancipation, or the rights to her own body.

Jodi Picoult wrote this novel with a style different from most authors. The main characters become the narrators, and the story switches off into their own perspective. The narrators are Anna, Jesse, Sara, Brian, Campbell Alexander, Julia (Anna's guardian ad litem), and one very unexpected person.

Everyone, including Anna, knows one thing for sure: If Anna does not go through with the surgery, if she is medically emancipated, then Kate will die. There isn't much time left. Would you try to save someone, even if it meant putting your own life on the line?