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Loosely based on the author's own daughter's experience with meth, this is the continuing story of how meth can take over a life to an inevitably disasterous end. ( )
  mamzel | Nov 24, 2009 |
This book wasn't as good as I thought it'll be. But is was better than Crank! Kristina and Bree are addicted again! But this time, they put their baby, Hunter, in danger too! What'll they do? Just wait and see! Now a new boy is in their lives, after Chase leaving then for university! Name's Trey, and hopefully this one'll stay! ( )
  8F_SAM | Nov 7, 2009 |
Reviewed by Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com

Ellen Hopkins has once again taken readers into the world of meth and the chaos it creates. GLASS is the sequel to her first novel about Kristina called CRANK.

Just several months after giving birth to her son, Hunter, Kristina is drawn back to "the monster." She thinks a little snort could help her lose some weight and get her through the late-night feedings and day-to-day drudgery of constant baby needs. Surprised at how easy it is to score and how much the product has improved, it doesn't take long for Kristina to remember how great the stuff makes her feel.

For awhile the teen mom is able to take care of Hunter, hold down a low paying job, and keep herself cranked just enough to pretend her life isn't all that bad. Despite what Kristina may think, her mother and stepfather, Scott, are not really fooled into thinking all is well. They give her just enough space to eventually crash and burn. After falling asleep and putting the baby in danger, Kristina's mother throws her out of the house. She says she'll take care of Hunter, and Kristina should take care of herself.

Like most addicts, Kristina fools herself into believing she can have it all. She manages to keep her job and find a place to live with the cousin of her latest love interest. Once again her life is filled with drugs, sex, and whatever she has to do to survive. At times there is hope of reconnecting with family, but each time Kristina can't cope with their expectations and ends up with less and less of their love and support.

For readers who followed Kristina's painful journey in CRANK, this next book will illustrate the power of meth to completely change and destroy a life and the lives of anyone connected with the addict. Hopkins speaks from personal experience, which creates a powerful, heart-wrenching, and all too real quality to her verse. As they say, it's a life you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy. ( )
  GeniusJen | Oct 11, 2009 |
Its so touching, makes you never want to do the drug. The ending!! When she gets put in jail, and shes pregnant!! I wanted a happier ending. AHS/MB

Its really “crazy” it shows EVERYTHING she goes through and helps you understand her life and the life of a meth addict. It shows you everything that does/could happen if you let a drug take you over. Even thought people are ther for you, you may focus on things you think are more important. It was GREAT, it started right where Crank left off. AHS/KP

I loved everything. the main character doesn't really didn't really relate to me but my mom was addicted to "glass" at one point and it made me relize how fast it is to get hooked. But I LOVE this book and its sequel! :D

I liked that this book was written in a poem like matter. It really kept my attention. I also liked how it talked about a real life situation , and how it wasn't exactly the happiest ending, but it still ended happy. the reason because this girl was really good until she went to her dads and she became a hardcore druggy. Later she had a kid, but after having teh kid she went back to drugs. But later on she got busted by the cops and went to jail, and I think that scared her because she quit after going to jail. AHS/SD
  edspicer | Sep 21, 2009 |
After absolutely loving Crank I just had to get my hands on Glass to read more about Kristina’s story. I devoured the 688 pages in only a matter of a few hours. Glass is a powerful story about a young girl coping with being a teen mom, and also a drug addiction. We watch as she spirals out of control, and takes all these wrong turns and looses herself.

Glass left me wanting more, and I’m excited for the next book about Kristina George Snow to appear in 2010, titled Fallout. Ellen Hopkins is a powerful writer, and she speaks such volume with her words.

I love how all of Hopkins’ stories are told through verse and I believe that it gives them a much more powerful meaning. ( )
  bookdiva19 | Sep 3, 2009 |
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Crank. Glass. Ice. Crystal. Whatever you call it, it's all the same: a monster. And once it's got hold of you, this monster will never let you go.

Kristina thinks she can control it. Now with a baby to care for, she's determined to be the one deciding when and how much, the one calling the shots. But the monster is too strong, and before she knows it, Kristina is back in its grips. She needs the monster to keep going, to face the pressures of day-to-day life. She needs it to feel alive.

Once again the monster takes over Kristina's life and she will do anything for it, including giving up the one person who gives her the unconditional love she craves — her baby.

The sequel to Crank, this is the continuing story of Kristina and her descent back to hell. Told in verse, it's a harrowing and disturbing look at addiction and the damage that it inflicts.

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