Crank by Ellen Hopkins - Book Review

Ellen hopkins is the author of 13 new york times best selling novels in verse, including this week end velshe band book club feature, crank. Crank is a multi layered examination of what drug addiction can do to an entire family, a community, and to a teen user. Overdose deaths among teans have written risen dramatically, spiking from 492 deaths in 20 19 to 954 deaths in 20 20,. The highest rates were among native american and latino teans. Anyone can become addicte anyway, it's a gutting and painful reality that is not going away.