Best of the Books (BOB)

The novel Crank by Ellen Hopkins is a close look at drug addictions and what the monster, called Crank, does to one’s body once it has been introduced. The main character, Kristina, is sent to her father’s house in Albuquerque, where she meets Adam. Kristina’s trip takes a wrong turn when Adam introduces her to the monster. The drug took control of every part of her body, even convincing her that she was someone else. When using the drug and meeting new people, Kristina becomes “Bree”. Crank is a phenomenal novel that teaches the reader what can happen if someone doesn’t think twice about becoming friends with “the monster.”

Such a Pretty Girl is about a fifteen year old girl named Meredith. Her father molested her as a little girl. The court promised her that her father would be in jail until she turned eighteen but he ends up getting out three years earlier. Her mother does not see what her father did was wrong. Her mother thinks it was just a mistake, Meredith knows her father is a child molester. Meredith is dating Andy who was another one of her dad’s victims.

The award winning novel, Sold, is a moving tale by Patricia McCormick. It is a depressing story of a thirteen-year old girl named Lakshmi who lives with her mother, stepfather, and baby brother. Laskshmi’s best friend is a white and black spotted goat. Later her stepfather finds her a job as a maid for a rich woman, which turns out to be a prostitution house. She was there for a very long time and is living in a nightmare.

The Girls by Lori Lansens is about two girls that are caniopagus twins named Ruby and Rose. They were born connected at the head in the middle of tornado. Lovely Darlen, the nurse who delivered the girls, instantly became in love with them. When the mother and father disappear, Lovely and her husband adopt the girls and raise them as their own. The girls try to live the most normal life possible; as the girls develop their own personalities they learn how to overcome their weakness and to help on another out as much as possible.