Jay's Journal- Anonymous

  In Jay's Journal so far, the main character has a new girlfriend named Debbie whom has a bit of a drug problem, and the main character finds himself in a position where he is supplying Debbie. As a birthday present the main character's dad gives him a job at the family pharmacy. Eventually though, he finds himself stealing pills and replacing the powder in the capsules with powdered milk to keep Debbie happy. soon enough though the father finds out what the main character has been doing and sends him away to a rehab center.

GO ASK ALICE- Anonymous EPILOGUE

  At the end of the book the epilogue explains that "anonymous" was found dead after her parents had returned from a movie only three weeks after deciding now to continue writing in another diary. She was rushed to the hospital, but it was already too late for her. She had overdosed.
accidental?
purpose?
no one will ever be able to answer the question as to why she overdosed, but what we can say is that "she was only one of thousands of drug related deaths that year".

GO ASK ALICE- Anonymous DAY SIX

  Now that the main character is off the drugs and attempting to bring her life back together, the old friends she once had, are now threatening her family and now attempting to scare her back into doing drugs. The main character resists though, more than she ever thought possible, she even befriends some kids from school that are straight edge, and are willing to help her continue on a sober path, and for awhile that goes perfectly for her. She also meets a boy named Joel at the library where she studies, and she eventually falls in love wit him, But isn't until one day while babysitting that she is set up and tricked into taking acid, ultimately landing her into an insane asylum. At the asylum our main character meets a girl named Alice, a girl who shares her story with the main character about how she was a baby prostitute and a drug addict, and will forever be locked away in the asylum. Alice is only 14. The main character learns a lot from Alice, and eventually she gets out of the asylum. Once she is home, she starts to actually live a normal life, her family life is great, her new sober friends and Joel are great that our main character is finally happy. Her last post in her diary she says "I used to think that I would get another diary after you are filled, or even that I would keep a diary or journal my whole life. But now I don't really think I will. Diaries are great when you're young. In fact, you saved my sanity a hundred, thousand, million times. But I think when a person gets older she should be able to discuss her problems and thoughts with other people, instead of just with another part of herself as you have been to me. Don't you agree? I hope so, for you are my dearest friend and I shall thank you always for sharing my tears and heartaches and my struggles and strifes, and my joys and happiness. It's all been good in its own special way, I guess. See ya.".

GO ASK ALICE- Anonymous DAY FIVE

  The main character sets out again to try and live all on her own and expecting things to be as easy as they were the first time. Unfortunately thought, she finds herself in a bit of a struggle for survival. She meets a girl named Doris when she leaves to go to Coos Bay, Oregon. Doris is a girl she met while in a church doctors office, who offered to let the main character stay with her. Doris also becomes a friend of the main character due to the fact that the who share a common problem, drugs. Thought, the main character enjoys being with Doris, she once again finds herself wanting to return home, and eventually she calls and is reunited with her family again. This time though, she stays away from the drugs as  much as possible. But the her surprise the dopers at school don't like it. They feel betrayed and pissed off at her. The dopers of the school, her old crowd of friends, will do anything to get her back to the drugs, back to their side, back to the poisons that lead the main character down dark road she has been desperately trying to stray away from.

GO ASK ALICE- Anonymous DAY FOUR

   After returning home after being away for months, both girls try and reconnect with their family and soak in everything they've missed. Happy to be home and off drugs the girls find joy in being close to their families again. But it isn't long until Chris caves back into the drugs pulling Alice along with her. Both knowing that they shouldn't but but still proceeding to do so. It's fun for awhile but then Chris's house gets searched and it all goes down hill from their. The drugs are exposed, the girls are exposed and the girls begin to rethink if they should have come back.

GO ASK ALICE- Anonymous DAY THREE

   Now that the two girls are on their own, the first thing that they need to do is get jobs. They find a one room apartment to last them until they can afford a new one. Finally when they do find jobs they decide to use the profits to start their own boutique and move up from there. They soon find themselves at many parties with their upper-class bosses and coworkers, falling back into the drugs. Until finally, both Chris and Alice decide that a life of drugs is not the life they want to live. After quiting their jobs and finally opening up their dream boutique, it comes to their attention that Christmas is coming up and neither of them will get to see their families. Eventually though, Alice gives in and calls home, booking a flight back to her home she almost managed to forget. Chris and Alice, both realizing the mess they managed to get themselves try and catch up on what they left behind.

GO ASK ALICE- Anonymous DAY TWO

   So far in the book, the main character has met a friend from down her street in her new town whom she becomes best friends with. When summer approaches though, Beth, the main character's newly found friend has to go to summer camp for six weeks. Alice takes the time that her friend will be away an an opportunity to visit her grandparents. Unexpectedly though, while visiting her grandparents, she reconnects with old friends and soon finds herself experimenting with drugs like LSD, cocaine, and speed. When she returns home again, she finds that Beth has a boyfriend whom she spends most of her time with, forcing Alice to find other friends. She end us befriending a girl name Chris, who introduces her to a boy names Richie.  The main character falls in love with both Richie and his endless drug supply. It isn't until one day where Alice and Chris walk in on Richie and Chris's boyfriend, Ted, to find that they in fact are gay lovers. Shocked to find this information Chris and Alice decide to flee to San Francisco escape the mess they have made, and start out fresh.  This time with only themselves as the familiar.

Go Ask Alice- Anonymous -DAY ONE

   I was originally planning on reading FALLOUT, the sequel to CRANK and GLASS, but I had trouble really getting into the new perspective of the book which is from the outlook of Kristina's three children.
   I started to read Go Ask Alice instead. So far I haven't learned much about it except for that the main character has purchased a diary in hope that it will help her vent about her  life as a fifteen year old. She has so far written about how sick of her old hometown she is and now is moving to a different state with her family. She hopes to find a new beginning at her new home and a fresh start from her boring home now.

(The book Go Ask Alice is completely anonymous, and is written in diary format.)

GLASS- Ellen Hopkins OVERALL SUMMARY.

  Chase goes away to college and leaves Kristina alone to raise her new baby Hunter. It isn't long though until Bree finds her way back to the Crank, and her mother kicks her out, taking Hunter into her own custody. Throughout the book Kristina(Bree) jumps from house to house finding ways to both stabilize her life and still have full access to her addiction of meth. Finally though, Bree finds someone knew, someone she loves even more than any of the other boys, Trey. They eventually move in together and after adapting to a life of burglary, drugs, and lies, Bree finds herself in more trouble than she has ever imagined. Turning to fleeing the state of Nevada with Trey, things turn from bad to worse when a police officer is surprised to find a half pound of 90% pure crystal methamphetamine, digging both her and Trey into a new level of trouble. Along with that, If being cuffed, and up for time in the slammer isn't enough, Bree finds out that she is once again pregnant, but this time with Trey's baby.  Jail time, a new baby on the way, old baby out of her custody, Where with Kristina's life take her now?!

    Next book I am going to be reading is FALLOUT- Ellen Hopkins. The sequel to both CRANK and GLASS.

CRANK- Ellen Hopkins. THE END

  I have finally finished CRANK and from what I left off Kristina returns home from her birthday night with Chase and her parents could not be more furious. Kristina would have acted rationally but considering the fact that she is under the influence of  the "monster", Bree has taken complete control. Not only does Bree flip out on her parents but takes the jump to shout a big "f--k you" at her mother. Being grounded isn't at all the least of Bree's (or Kristina's) problems. It's not long until Robyn, a friend of Bree, begins to supply unlimited amounts of meth to Bree, and eventually gives her the chance to catch a quick buck by selling it even to her friends on the avenue, otherwise known as the drug addicted friends that she sees as her kind of people. Eventually though, Bree is shocked to uncover that she has missed her period for quite some time revealing that she is pregnant, but not with Chase's baby but her rapist, Brendan. Now, If things haven't become messed up enough for her, Bree still has not yet discovered the answers to resolving her addiction to meth. It seems that even though the pages have ended, the story has just begun.

The next book I am reading is GLASS, the sequel to CRANK.

CRANK- Ellen Hopkins. DAY 3

  Kristina is home again, but its not long before she realizes that after being on the "monster"(crank) for the past three weeks, she fiends for it. To her convenience though, the monster is not hard to find when living in Reno. New friends develop and Bree (the side of Kristina whom takes risks) reunites with her addiction. She gains not one, but two boyfriends, Chad and Brendan. Everything is going fine for awhile, unlimited crank and unlimited love, or so she thinks. Bree is quick to find herself in a situation she never imagined, thinking she could trust Brendan but only to find out he was only interested in sex. Brendan rapes Bree and at that moment Bree understands that feeling wanted isn't the same as feeling loves. Bree never talks to Brendan after that, but she falls deeper into Chad's heart. And on her birthday, Kristina, not Bree, finally realizes what it is like to really truly be loved. In one night things seem to be the best, but in coming home, things could make a turn towards the worst.

CRANK- Ellen Hopkins. DAY 2

  Kristina is with her father for the next three weeks visiting and already on her first day she meets a boy named Adam. She introduces herself as Bree, a carefree, rebellious essence of herself. Bree isn't afraid of anything and is up for new things, one of which is Crank. Crank is what they call meth, and she tries it at the bowling ally where he dad works. Adam opens her eyes to a world of drugs and Adam and Bree fall deeply into an exciting and unbelievable romance, and once the three weeks is up Bree has to return home not yet realizing that home means away from her new addictions and away from her love.

CRANK- Ellen Hopkins. DAY 1

   I started to read the book CRANK  today and so far, I love the layout. It tells a story in the layout of a poem. Each chapter and/or poem tells a little more about the main character and their current situation. So far all I really know about the main character is background information and her family situation. Kristina is a high school girl who is overall mannerly and honorable. She has just moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico to live with her father after 8 years. As of now I am enjoying the book and looking forward to really diving into it and getting hooked on the plot.