Synopsis: Kristina Snow is trying to be a recovering drug addict. She has a baby to care for, and she is determined to stay in control. Before long though, the drugs are calling the shots again. She needs crank to face the day-to-day life of being a teen. She'll do anything for it, including giving up her child. 
Review: Glass is the brilliant sequel to Crank, the author's first novel in verse, chronicling the meth addiction of Kristina Georgia Snow. I read Glass in less than a day, as I did with Crank. Both of these novels had me craving more of Kristina's life story. I didn't want them to end, but I also didn't want to stay in Kristina's world for too long. Her world is a scary, dark place filled with little hope or light. (Isn't it ironic that so many of the nicknames for meth are translucent items-ice, glass, crystal?) I'm afraid of this world. As my biggest addiction is to Starbucks' mochas, I find Kristina's existence difficult to comprehend. Of course, this is why Hopkins is a savant. She gives us an all too clear picture of this nowhere land, hoping that her readers will never experience the monster first hand, as she did with her own daughter. Crank and Glass are both too unsettling for me to be able to say that I loved them, but I certainly will never forget them. Much like Go Ask Alice or Speak, I will constantly recommend them to anyone and everyone I know.
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