Burned

Ellen Hopkins

Jun 2008 · Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

Pattyn Von Stratten is searching for the love she isn’t getting from God or her family in this novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins.

It all started with a dream. Just a typical fantasy, but for a girl raised in a religious—and abusive—family, a simple dream could be the first step toward eternal damnation. Now Pattyn Von Stratten has questions. Questions about God, and sex, and mostly love. Will she ever find it? Pattyn experiences the first stirrings of passion, but when her father catches her in a compromising position, events spiral out of control.

Pattyn is sent to live with an aunt in the wilds of rural Nevada to find salvation and redemption. What she finds instead is love and acceptance, and for the first time she feels worthy of both—until she realizes that her old demons will not let her go. Those demons lead Pattyn down a path to hell—not to the place she learned about in sacrament meetings, but to an existence every bit as horrifying.

In this gripping and masterful novel told in verse, Ellen Hopkins embarks on an emotional journey that ebbs and flows. From the highs of true love to the lows of loss and despair, Pattyn’s story is utterly compelling. You won’t want this story to end—but when it does, you can find out what’s next for Pattyn in the sequel, Smoke.

Ratings and reviews

I love this book. I read it at school this year. This was the first of Ellen Hopkins that I've read. Crank I have yet to read, but it looks good. Right now I'm reading Impulse, another book by Ellen Hopkins. Burned was very wonderful. Ms/Mrs. Hopkins is a very talented writer, and at the end of this book I was actually sad for what happened [not telling in case someone hasn't read it] and I actually wanted to cry. This book sucked me in and I couldn't stop reading until I finished it, which took about a day. You should read it if you haven't. :)

this was the first book i ready by ellen hopkins, and I've been hooked on her books ever since. Burned is my favorite. It had everything, romance, abuse, the dramas of high school, and real life problems that teens face every day. Once i started, i couldnt stop. i finished it in one night.

this book would of gotten 5 stars except the ending was so absurd, i hated the way it was ended. it was a book that nearly moved me to tears but i cant believe it ended so sadly. i gave it four stars because it was so good that i only read it in four days, i couldnt stop reading and when it ended i was hurt, by the ending and by the fact there were no more pages to 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.