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Plot Summary of Crank
"Written in verse, 15-year-old narrator Kristina reveals how she became addicted to crank, and how the stimulant turned her from straight-A student to drug addict.

On a court-ordered visit to see her slimy and long-absent dad, she meets Adam. Soon, Adam introduces her to 'the monster' (there, she also unleashes a new personality, Bree). Her addiction grows, as does Bree's control over her. Her life changes quickly: Soon she's dating two guys, both of whom use crank; can't keep up with school, and loses her old friends.

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Chrissie, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Crank
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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - present (2000-2010)
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Druggie/Wino problems? - drugs
Brain/Body disability? - mental illness

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - a teen
Profession/status: - student
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 2 (a little)
United States Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of hetero sex - descript. of female anat. (the big V) - rape/molest (yeech!)
Lot of foul language? Yes
Unusual Style: - written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog - little dialog
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