Oct 23, 2017 harry potter audiobook book 5 part 1 of 3 harry potter and the order of the phoenix audiobook duration. Perfect book by ellen hopkins official publisher page. Ive read enough ellen hopkins books to have an idea of her average character. Jan, 2020 perfect was released on september, 2011, and is a companion novel to impulse. Feb 21, 2012 i really like ellen hopkins books, crank, burned, impulse, identical, glass, tricks, fallout, and perfect, so i wanted to know any other books similar to these. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publishers book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. A riveting and startling companion to the bestselling impulse, ellen hopkinss perfect exposes the harsh truths about what it takes to grow up and grow into our own skins, our own selves. Sean faris is so perfect home movies, new movies, movies. To score his perfect home runon the field and offsean will sacrifice more than he can ever win back. Kristina snow is the perfect daughter, but she meets a boy who introduces her to drugs and becomes a very different person, struggling. And at the beginning of perfect i thought that was exactly what i got. Jan 20, 2014 one of the things i love about readers who love ellen hopkins, though, is that most of them are so open and eager to trying books that are like hers but written by other people. Ellen hopkins is a celebrated name among young adult novel writers.
Ellen hopkins is a former journalist and the awardwinning author of twenty nonfiction books for young readers, fourteen bestselling youngadult novels, and four novels for adult readers. Ellen hopkins and her husband john hopkins adopted cristals son at some point. Sep 15, 2011 ellen hopkins is an author from new york. What is the order of the ellen hopkins books answers. Young adult fiction absentee fathers drug use teenagers methamphetamine abuse dysfunctional families pregnancy ice drug cocaine abuse high schools drug abuse. Tricks by ellen hopkins crank by ellen hopkins burned by ellen hopkins impulse by ellen hopkins some more books are like ellen hopkins books but not written in the same style go ask alice by. Everyone wants to be perfect, but when perfection loses its meaning, how far will you go. Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. To this end, nobody writes a cautionary tale quite like hopkins. Perfect is a young adult novel written by american author ellen hopkins. Ellen hopkins author of crank goodreads share book. What are good books similar to ellen hopkins books.
See more ideas about novels, books and books to read. See more ideas about books, books to read and my books. While there are lots of other potential readalikes for ellen hopkins, i wanted to give a broad range. A riveting and startling companion to the bestselling impulse, ellen hopkins s perfect exposes the harsh truths about what it takes to grow up and grow into our own skins, our own selves. She has written several successful novels which have been targeted at the teenage and young adult market. And andre realizes that to follow his heart and achieve his perfect performance, hell be living a life his ancestors would never understand. Ellen louise hopkins is a new york times bestselling author. Armed forces by ellen hopkins and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. She is well known for her books entitled crank, burned, impulse and several others. To me it is more like the lyrics of a song than actual poetry. A reading group guide to perfect by ellen hopkins about the book. These novels discuss delicate teenage issues such as, psychological problems, prostitution, drug addiction and other such issues that trouble young generation of today.
Please know that i am not ellen hopkins, i made this page because no one else had at the time. Perfect was released on september, 2011, and is a companion novel to impulse. What goes around is a bindup of summerss first two novels, cracked up to be and some girls are, which are perfect next reads for fans of ellen hopkins. Her first novel, crank, also written in verse, met with critical acclaim. Ellen hopkins is an american author of young adult novels and nonfiction books. If youre here, it probably means you want to know more about me, so where do we. In crank, ellen hopkins chronicles the turbulent and often disturbing relationship between kristina, a character based on her own daughter, and the monster, the highly addictive drug crystal meth, or cr. Her books have been fixtures on the american library associations list of best books for young adults since crank was released in 2004, and every ya book she writes becomes a new york times best seller. If you like crank by ellen hopkins central rappahannock. Everyone dreams about the perfect life, but an obsession with perfection can be crippling. Ellen hopkins is the bestselling author of the enormously popular crank trilogy of young adult ya books. Ellen hopkins best selling book perfect tells about four strangers aim to be perfect sets them into a downward spiral.
If you liked crank by ellen hopkins, here are some books like this. She lives in carson city, nevada, with her husband and son. Impulse audiobook written by ellen hopkins duration. She started writing her career writing nonfiction books for children about various topics such as orcas and military subjects. Book trailer for the book perfect by ellen hopkins. Ellen hopkins s book, tilt, was released september 11, 2012, and is a companion from the point of view of the teens mentioned in triangles. Ellen hopkins has been writing poetry for many years. Ellen hopkins has done it again, if you havent read any of her books, you dont know what you are missing. For her, perfect means rejecting their ideals to take a chance on a new kind of love. So if you havent read her work, do it now, trust me you wont be disappointed. Books by ellen hopkins authors like ellen hopkins what. Ellen hopkins is a selfconfessed adopted child of valeria and albert wagner. A reading group guide to perfect by ellen hopkins about the book everyone dreams about the perfect life, but an obsession with perfection can be crippling.
Ellen hopkins is the new york times bestselling author of crank, burned, impulse, glass, identical, tricks, fallout, perfect, triangles, tilt, and collateral. She is a favorite author for both young adult and the teenage readers. Addicted to something, selfdestructive, beautiful, liable to fall in love over the course of the book. Hopkins felt they needed their own story after the release of triangles.
Oct 10, 2014 i wanted a balance of novels in verse and problemissue books, and some easier reads and some award winners. Find authors like ellen hopkins from the worlds largest community of readers. Sep 20, 2011 book trailer for the book perfect by ellen hopkins. For all her efforts writing fiction, ellen hopkins has been awarded generously over the years, receiving accolades like the charlotte award, the ssli honor book award, and the soaring eagle award, not to mention the green mountain book award. She lives with her husband and son in carson city, nevada. Ellen hopkins is not only a new york times bestselling author, shes a. Some girls are, which are perfect next reads for fans of ellen hopkins. Perfect book by ellen hopkins official publisher page simon. She has published several new york times bestselling novels.
Like all of ellen hopkins works, the novel is unusual for its free verse format. Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that theyd rather be. So its safe to say that when it comes to teen literature, ellen hopkins owns. Times bestselling author of crank, burned, impulse, glass, identical, tricks, fallout, perfect, triangles, tilt, and collateral. These will one day be considered classics as far as i am concerned. Ellen hopkins books list of books by author ellen hopkins. Buy a cheap copy of perfect, signed edition book by ellen hopkins.
With this book, she is honored to enter the realm of middle. An awesome list by the newport beach public library. Although she was an established poet, journalist, and freelance writer before the success of crank, hopkins is now an awardwinning ya author with five bestselling novels in verse for teens. Ellen hopkins, a poet, freelance writer, and the awardwinning author of twenty nonfiction titles and five ny times bestselling novelsinverse, draws in her readers by her style of writing. Feb 26, 2014 if you like the gritty novel, crank, by ellen hopkins, you may like novels in this list. If you like crank by ellen hopkins by crrlstaff june 5, 2018 kristina snow is the perfect daughter, but she meets a boy who introduces her to drugs and becomes a very different person, struggling to control her life and her mind in crank.
Its not that fans of other books arent that way, but in my experience, its easy to pinpoint exactly what it is readers love about hopkinss books. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read perfect. Kendra covets the perfect face and bodyno matter what surgeries and drugs she needs to get there. Cara sykes is beautiful, rich, and destined for stanford. She lives with her family in carson city, nevada, where she has founded ventana sierra, a nonprofit youth housing and resource initiative. Ellen hopkinss book, tilt, was released september 11, 2012, and is a companion from the point of view of the teens mentioned in triangles.
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