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New York Times–Bestselling Author: The Crank trilogy concludes with a “gritty, gripping” novel following three damaged children of a meth-addicted mother.
Hunter, Autumn, and Summer—three of Kristina Snow’s five children—live in different homes, with different guardians and different last names. They share only a predisposition for addiction and a host of troubled feelings toward the mother who barely knows them, a mother who has been riding with the monster, crank, for twenty years.
Hunter is nineteen, angry, getting by in college with a job at a radio station, a girlfriend he loves in the only way he knows how, and the occasional party. As he struggles to understand why his mother left him, he unexpectedly meets his rapist father, and things get even more complicated. Autumn, plagued with OCD and panic attacks, lives with her aunt and alcoholic grandfather. But when the only family she’s ever known crumbles, Autumn’s compulsive habits lead her to drink. Summer doesn’t know about any of her siblings. To her, family means abuse at the hands of her father’s girlfriends and a slew of foster parents. Doubt and loneliness overwhelm her, and she, too, teeters on the edge of her mother’s notorious legacy.
As each searches for real love and true family, they find themselves pulled toward the one person who links them together—Kristina. But it is in each other, and in themselves, that they must find the trust, the courage, and the hope to break the cycle.
Told in three voices and punctuated by news articles chronicling the family’s story, Fallout is the stunning conclusion to the trilogy begun by Crank and Glass, and a testament to the harsh reality that addiction is never just one person’s problem.
“Hopkins shifts the point of view from meth-user Kristina to her three teenage kids; it’s a brilliant tactic that shows just how deeply others are affected by a single person’s addiction . . . Hopkins’ free-verse stanzas are as engaging as always, though prose this observant and strong would be powerful even if arranged in standard paragraphs. An emotional, satisfying end (and a new beginning, in a way) to Kristina’s story.” —Booklist
Hunter, Autumn, and Summer—three of Kristina Snow’s five children—live in different homes, with different guardians and different last names. They share only a predisposition for addiction and a host of troubled feelings toward the mother who barely knows them, a mother who has been riding with the monster, crank, for twenty years.
Hunter is nineteen, angry, getting by in college with a job at a radio station, a girlfriend he loves in the only way he knows how, and the occasional party. As he struggles to understand why his mother left him, he unexpectedly meets his rapist father, and things get even more complicated. Autumn, plagued with OCD and panic attacks, lives with her aunt and alcoholic grandfather. But when the only family she’s ever known crumbles, Autumn’s compulsive habits lead her to drink. Summer doesn’t know about any of her siblings. To her, family means abuse at the hands of her father’s girlfriends and a slew of foster parents. Doubt and loneliness overwhelm her, and she, too, teeters on the edge of her mother’s notorious legacy.
As each searches for real love and true family, they find themselves pulled toward the one person who links them together—Kristina. But it is in each other, and in themselves, that they must find the trust, the courage, and the hope to break the cycle.
Told in three voices and punctuated by news articles chronicling the family’s story, Fallout is the stunning conclusion to the trilogy begun by Crank and Glass, and a testament to the harsh reality that addiction is never just one person’s problem.
“Hopkins shifts the point of view from meth-user Kristina to her three teenage kids; it’s a brilliant tactic that shows just how deeply others are affected by a single person’s addiction . . . Hopkins’ free-verse stanzas are as engaging as always, though prose this observant and strong would be powerful even if arranged in standard paragraphs. An emotional, satisfying end (and a new beginning, in a way) to Kristina’s story.” —Booklist
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4.6
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January 13, 2012
Fallout is the third and final book in the Crank trilogy series and Fallout is one of the best, though they all are amazing. I have never been so addicted to an author I have read all of Ellen Hopkins books, there are 7 total, and all of her books keep you entertained from beginning to end with a flood of different emotions from happy, amused, sad, shocked, and addicted. What I praise the most about all of Ellen's novels is that they tap into topics and emotions that are very real but often not talked about. She offers insight into the world of addiction and being one who has gone through addiction myself I love how she explains to a reader just what addiction entails, the highs and lows, and how it's not so easy to just up and quit but also how it effects the friends and family and how it can turn lifes upside down. The only down side to the books are that you may with drawl when your finished reading. It's such a fast read you will not be able to put the book down. I have found myself up till 4am many a nights still reading. I strongly recommend going and buying all 7 of her books they are very much worth your money, you will not be disappointed.
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October 22, 2014
YOU MUST READ THIS BOOK & THEN EVERY BOOK! You will not regret it. This is the most realest book I have ever read in my life.... drugs, sex, family, abandonment, secrets & being lost.
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April 9, 2013
This was my favorite, out of the 3 in the series. Throw Christina's journey this book take you on a journey of seen the world through the perspective of her children, and for me it hit home as I also face some of tje same issues with my own family. Nut all in all a fantastic read.
About the author
Ellen Hopkins is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous young adult novels, as well as the adult novels such as Triangles, Collateral, and Love Lies Beneath. She lives with her family in Carson City, Nevada, where she has founded Ventana Sierra, a nonprofit youth housing and resource initiative. Follow her on Twitter at @EllenHopkinsLit.
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