I was still buzzed from a good-bye binge. I would also like to acknowledge my husband, John, whose love has kept me upright. Glass is dedicated to Orion, Jade, Heaven, and Clyde, whose lives, through no fault of their own, have been forever marked by the monster. To best preserve formatting of complex poems and elements, we recommend that this book be read at a smaller font size on your device. Read moreĬLICK HERE TO SIGN UP Glass, by Ellen Hopkins, Margaret K. I say worst because you could tell that she loved him and that by giving him up, she was so clearly choosing drugs and not even trying to stay clean anymore.These books are so hard to read, but so important, too. The best/worst decision she made was turning her son back over to her mom to raise, because she knew that he deserved a better life than she was able to give him. Kristina desperately wants to stay clean because she loves her son, but she can’t do it. She’s sort of trying to get her GED but not really, and she takes a dead-end job at a 7-Eleven (ostensibly to become more independent but really just so she has easier access to money for meth). In Glass, though, you see that she’s just sort of given up on herself and her life.

In Crank, you saw the good, smart girl making a lot of bad decisions. Except it’s not so hard to walk away.Soon after Glass begins, she tries meth and it’s a whole new world and now even harder to stay clean.I think in a lot of ways, Glass is even more heartbreaking than Crank was. Kristina is back at home with her mom and stepfather, trying to stay clean, get her GED and take care of her baby son (born at the end of Crank).

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