The first edition of the novel was published in september th 2011, and was written by ellen hopkins. She lives with her family in carson city, nevada, where she has founded ventana sierra, a nonprofit youth housing and resource initiative. Ellen hopkins is the new york times bestselling author of crank, burned, impulse, glass, identical, tricks, fallout, perfect, triangles, tilt, and collateral. Jan, 2020 glass is the sequel to crank, and fallout, the third and final book in the series, was released on september 14, 2010. Caras brother has been committed to a psychiatric hospital after a failed suicide attempt, and she is struggling to deal with their parents overbearing expectations as well as her sexual identity. Hopkinss titles are always one word, and this ones easy. Free download or read online perfect pdf epub impulse series book. Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that theyd rather be.
She was described as a quiet, gifted high school junior. She is a straighta honor roll student and is court ordered to visit her father for three weeks. She is well known for her books entitled crank, burned, impulse and several others. Perfect by ellen hopkins overdrive rakuten overdrive. The main characters of this young adult, poetry story are cara, kendra. Ellen hopkins s book, tilt, was released september 11, 2012, and is a companion from the point of view of the teens mentioned in triangles. Perfect is a young adult novel written by american author ellen hopkins. From her website and other sources as well as reading all her books multiple times, the order should be. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 537 pages and is available in paperback format. Ellen hopkins is pure genius and i absolutely take no credit for her original work. Jun 29, 2011 ellen hopkins is pure genius and i absolutely take no credit for her original work. The first edition of the novel was published in 2004, and was written by ellen hopkins. Ellen hopkins is an american author of young adult novels and nonfiction books. Perfect book by ellen hopkins official publisher page.
Ellen hopkins born march 26, 1955, american novelist. Read impulse first then perfect, even though perfect is the prequel to impulse. Ellen hopkins is the awardwinning author of many books, including tilt and perfect. Books 120 are entirely by ellen hopkins and 2129 are collaborations in which her work was featured or she was an editor. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 622 pages and is available in hardcover format. Besides young adult novels, ellen hopkins also penned novels for her adult audience which include triangles 2011, collateral 2012 and love lies beneath july 2015. Perfect audiobook by ellen hopkins, christina wildson. Pdf crank book by ellen hopkins free download 537 pages. Social themes drugs, alcohol, substance abuse book.
Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. The crank series 16 crank, glass, burned, identical. Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. Unofficial crank movie trailer grade 8 upseventeen. For four highschool seniors, their goals of perfection are just as different as the paths they take to get there. Ellen hopkins book perfect was released in 2011, and is a companion novel to impulse 2007. Ellen hopkins books list of books by author ellen hopkins. She is a meth addict, and the mother of hunter, autumn, summer, donald, and david. Below is a list of ellen hopkins books in order of when they were originally published. Perhaps the author tries a bit too hard to drive her point home here dont try to be perfect, be yourself and she makes her characters suffer an awful lot along the way.
A riveting and startling companion to the bestselling impulse, ellen hopkinss perfect exposes the harsh truths about what it takes to grow up and grow into our own skins, our own selves. Ellen hopkinss book, tilt, was released september 11, 2012, and is a companion from the point of view of the teens mentioned in triangles. Based on her own daughters addiction to crystal meth, ellen hopkinss novelinverse is a vivid, transfixing look into teenage drug use. Browse author series lists, sequels, pseudonyms, synopses, book covers, ratings and awards. Kristina snow is a main character in the first two books of the crank trilogy. Browse ellen hopkinss bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Crank is ellen hopkins s first novel, and the first novel in the crank trilogy. Whick ellen hopkins books go together help yahoo answers. Told in kristinas voice, it provides a realistic portrayal of the tortured logic of an addict. These novels discuss delicate teenage issues such as, psychological problems, prostitution, drug addiction and other such issues that trouble young generation of today. Perfect was released on september, 2011, and is a companion novel to impulse. Unofficial crank movie trailer grade 8 upseventeenyearold kristina snow is introduced to crank on a. After, life was great, at least for a little while. Ellen hopkins is a selfconfessed adopted child of valeria and albert wagner.
Ellen louise hopkins is a new york times bestselling author. She was also a contributor to does this book make me look fat. The author lived quite the dramatic life before finally embarking on her writing journey. Your favorite authors on stephenie meyers twilight series. Title author series crank nonfiction author hopkins pens her first novel, written in verse, introducing 15yearold narrator kristina, who reveals how she became addicted to crank, and how the stimulant turned her from straighta student to drug dealer, and eventually a teen mom. They share some of the same characters and storylines. Ellen hopkins audio books, best sellers, author bio. Their stories intertwine due of the suicide of caras twin brother, conner.
As cara says on the first page, only you should decide for you what is perfect 1. And andre realizes that to follow his heart and achieve his perfect performance, hell be living a life his ancestors would never understand. Cara sierra sykes, kendra melody mathieson, andre marcus kane iii, and sean terrence oconnell. The crank series 16 crank, glass, burned, identical, impulse, tricks paperback 2012.
Ellen hopkins became a published author in 2000 with air devils. See more ideas about book worms, good books and books. Collateral by ellen hopkins book group bestselling author ellen hopkins will be in our store this evening for a discussion and signing of her latest book, collateral. Ellen hopkins is a celebrated name among young adult novel writers. Crank takes place the summer before and during the protagonist kristinas junior year of high school. Perfect has four narrators, all of whom are high school students in nevada. Like all of ellen hopkins works, the novel is unusual for its free verse format. This includes being adopted by a 72yearold and a 42yearold, dropping out of college to start a family, losing her first marriage and having her daughter from a rebound relationship get. The book has been awarded with soaring eagle book award. She has written a couple of adult novels, including triangles and collateral.
She lives in carson city, nevada, with her husband and son. With this book, she is honored to enter the realm of middle. Ellen hopkins is a former journalist and the awardwinning author of twenty nonfiction books for young readers, fourteen bestselling youngadult novels, and four novels for adult readers. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Its where your interests connect you with your people. Jun 27, 2009 from her website and other sources as well as reading all her books multiple times, the order should be. Triangles collateral impulse and perfect are companion novels. Ellen hopkins is a new york times bestselling author born in 1955. Cara, kendra, and sean go to the same public school. Buy a cheap copy of perfect, signed edition book by ellen hopkins. She started writing her career writing nonfiction books for children about various topics such as orcas and military subjects. In perfect ellen hopkins tells the story of four teens trying to find their flawless selves. Perfect fits the classic hopkins formula thick book, verse poetry, hotbutton issues, and mature language and fans will likely race through the 600plus pages.