Blog about the author of Crank...

Lucie Pascarosa                       705

              I have been reading the book Crank. It is about a girl who goes off to live with her dad, who she hasn't seen in years. She goes off and well, makes about the worst mistakes of her life. She gets drunk, addicted to cigarettes, addicted to crank(is that the same thing as cocaine?), and well, ruins her life as a goody-goody. After, she comes home to her mom and sister with a tattoo, and a boyfriend(long distance). I wonder, where did the author get these ideas? Read on to find out.

            In the story they call crank "the monster." In the brief paragraph before the book starts, it says the author based this book around a true story. Not completely, but based on one; her daughters. Apparently, her daughter battled with drugs, just like Bree/Kristina in Crank. See, the character split herself into two, good girl Kristina and bad girl Bree. I wonder where the author got that idea. What happened to her daughter? Did she end up getting raped like Kristina did? Or was she able to find help sooner?  I have not finished Crank, but I am halfway through, and she is not getting any better. I think she made a huge mistake throwing her whole life away for drugs. It might get you high, but the long term affect is horrific. Look at her dad, he got divorced from his wife because he was a drunk and a drug addict, and Bree's mother got full costody because he was such an unfit father.  Doing crank and smoking with his daughter and her boyfriend isn't doing anybody any good. In fact, it is hinted in the book that Adam's (Bree's boyfriend) brother died from an overdose of drugs. Let's just say this neighborhood is not a clean, happy, friendly place. It's not Oz.

            All in all, this is what I thought about the authors choice in storyline in the book in verse, Crank. Lesson is kids, don't do drugs!