Crank


 * Summary:**

The book Crank is about a girl named Kristinia who goes to visit her father in Alburquerque. Her parents are divorced and her mom is remarried to a man named Scott. Scott is very rich, successful, and a good-looking man. Kristina has a younger brother named Josh and an older sister named Lee. Josh is curious abou teverything and Lee is experimenting with her sexuality. When Kristina goes to Albuquerque and sees her father at first she is very disappointed. He works at a bowling alley and does not have any prospects for his life. He is also a __crank__ addict. While Kristina is there she meets a boy named Adam and falls in love with him. When he asks her, her name the first time that they meet she says it is Bree instead of Kristina. As the summer goes on Bree turns into Kristina’s other half, the bad girl half. Adam does cranks as well and to impress him Kristina does it to. She becomes addicted. Kristina’s father, Adam, and Kristina snort crank on a daily basis. When it is time for her to go home she is still high on the plane ride home. When she gets home and is without “the monster” (Her name for crank) for a few days she realizes how much she needs it. Bree finds ways to get it. She meets a boy named Chase and a boy named Brendon and can not decide which one she wants to be with. When she is with both of them she “scores” (gets high on crank). Then one night when Bree is with Brendon he forces her to have sex with him and she looses her virginity. After that night she hates Brendon and confides completely in Chase. Her and Chase date steadily and try new drugs together like ecstasy. Kristina also befriends a girl who can get her easier access to crank. The girl’s name is Robin, Robin is one of Kristina’s best friend, and Trent’s older sister. Robin teaches her how to smoke crank instead of snorting it. Then one day Bree finds out that she is pregnant. She is pregnant with Brendan’s baby. She has no idea what to do and at first she decides to get an abortion, but then she changes her mind, tells her parents, and decides to keep it. This is very difficult because she is addicted to drugs and she can not have drugs when she is pregnant. She gives birth to a baby boy.

Questions

1. What is Kristina’s California Personna? · Bree 2. Who first introduced CRANK to Kristina · Her Albuquerque boyfriend, Adam. 3. What is the name of the lifeguard that Kristina met at the Museum? · Brendan 4. When is the first time Kristina tries crank? · In the bowling alley where her dad works with Adam and her dad. 5. Who is Adam? · He is the boy Kristina falls in love with in Albuquerque but had to leave to go back home. Introduced her to CRANK 6. At first when Kristina needs money for her abortion who does she go to? · Kristina goes to Brendan and tells him that is he does not give her money she will tell his girlfriend and parents, that he raped her. 7. What school does Chase go to? · He goes to USC. 8. Who is Adam’s other girlfriend in the beginning of the story? · Linceis Adam’s other girlfriend. 9. What is the 'sign' that makes Kristina keep her baby? 10. Why does Kristina get taken into juvenielle hall? 11. Who does Kristina become friends with because she suspected the girl had crank? 12. How does Kristina get an affection on her thigh?
 * She "feels the baby move", even though that's impossible at this stage.
 * She sneaks out of her house and is hitchhiking, when a policeman picks her up and arrests her for being out after curfew.
 * Robyn, her old friend's sister
 * Adam gives her a tattoo before she leaves California, so she will remember their love.