Niki Burnham, Author, Ellen Hopkins, Author, Lynda Sandoval, Author Graphia Books $8.99 (300p) ISBN 978-0-547-01499-9
Although-or perhaps because-these four stories about love gone wrong bear little resemblance to real-life heartbreak, they are likely to go over big with teens in search of solace for their own romantic misadventures. Burnham's protagonist, the lone
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Edited by Christine Johnson. Harlequin Teen, $16.99 (480p) ISBN 978-0-373-21108-1
Johnson (The Gathering Dark) brings together 17 authors in a collection of reimagined fairy tales that hark back to their dark, edgy roots. In this case, it leads to a preponderance of stories with downbeat, nebulous, or twist endings. Romantic...
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Ellen Hopkins, Author . S&S/McElderry $16.99 (666p) ISBN 978-1-4169-0356-7
Hopkins (Crank
) weaves together the story of three troubled teens locked up in a psychological facility after suicide attempts, once again writing in artful free verse. Each character is full-bodied and distinct. Conner is a wealthy overachiever...
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Ellen Hopkins. S&S/McElderry, $19.99 (448p) ISBN 978-1-4814-4293-0
Writing via an omniscient narrator called Violence, which also slips into the minds of characters, Hopkins (The You I’ve Never Known) tackles issues of immigration policy, racism, gun control, and the idea that “Given the right circumstances,/ any...
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Ellen Hopkins. S&S/McElderry, $18.99 (608p) ISBN 978-1-4814-4290-9
Once again tackling difficult subject matter through elegantly crafted free verse, Hopkins (Traffick) tells the story of 17-year-old Ariel; her father, Mark; and Maya, also 17, who jumps into a relationship with an older man to escape her mother....
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Ellen Hopkins. S&S/McElderry, $19.99 (560p) ISBN 978-1-4424-8284-5
Hopkins again tackles hot-button subjects through free verse, taking on cyberbullying, censorship, the role of religion, and the difficulties of veterans returning from war. At the center of her overstuffed but well-constructed story is smart,...
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Ellen Hopkins. Atria, $24.99 (496p) ISBN 978-1-4516-2637-7
Bestselling author Hopkins turns her signature free verse style to modern war and its fallout for her second adult novel (after Triangles). College student Ashley Patterson meets Cole Gleason, a Marine, in a bar; they fall in like, in lust, in love.
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Ellen Hopkins. S&S/McElderry, $18.99 (608p) ISBN 978-1-4169-8330-9
In this companion to Hopkins’s adult book, Triangles (2011), the author offers a gripping novel-in-verse about teens whose lives shift dramatically because of sex. High school junior Mikayla is in love, but her relationship with her boyfriend is...
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Ellen Hopkins. Atria, $26 (544p) ISBN 978-1-4516-2633-9
Teenage angst is all grown up—but no less fraught with sexual misadventure and gnawing insecurity—in Hopkins’s fearless first novel for adults written entirely in verse. For restless writer and mother-of-three Holly, her looming 40th birthday...
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Ellen Hopkins. S&S/McElderry, $18.99 (640p) ISBN 978-1-4169-8324-8
Hopkins sticks to the signature style that has made her books bestsellers, blending verse poetry with controversial topics. In her eighth novel, four teenage protagonists alternately narrate their struggles with perfection. Sean and Kendra's...
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Ellen Hopkins, S&S/McElderry, $18.99 (672p) ISBN 978-1-4169-5009-7
The final installment of the trilogy that began with Crank and Glass examines the impact of Kristina's methamphetamine addiction on three of her children, now teens. Though not raised by their mother, they are still "dealing with the fallout of...
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Ellen Hopkins, Author . S&S/McElderry $18.99 (640p) ISBN 978-1-4169-5007-3
Hopkins again tackles a serious societal problem, this time focusing on teen prostitution. Fans of her work will recognize both her signature free verses and the gritty details she weaves within them. Newcomers, however, may be shocked by the...
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Ellen Hopkins, Author . S&S/McElderry $17.99 (565p) ISBN 978-1-4169-5005-9
Using free verse as her vehicle, Hopkins (Crank
, Glass
) takes readers on a harrowing ride into the psyches of 16-year-old identical twins Kaeleigh and Raeanne, both of whom are racing toward self-destruction. The girls' family appears picture-
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Ellen Hopkins, Author . S&S/McElderry $16.99 (681p) ISBN 978-1-4169-4090-6
Hopkins's hard-hitting free-verse novel, a sequel, picks up where Crank
left off. Kristina now lives in her mother's Reno home with her baby, but constantly dreams of “getting/ high. Strung. Getting/ out of this deep well/ of...
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Ellen Hopkins, Author . Simon Pulse $6.99 (537p) ISBN 978-0-689-86519-0
Nonfiction author Hopkins pens her first novel, written in verse, introducing 15-year-old narrator Kristina, who reveals how she became addicted to crank, and how the stimulant turned her from straight-A student to drug dealer, and eventually a teen
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Ellen Hopkins, read by January LaVoy and Candace Thaxton. Simon & Schuster Audio, unabridged, seven CDs, 8.25 hrs., $29.99 ISBN 978-1-4423-6808-8
In this sequel to Hopkins’s Burned, the story of Pattyn Von Stratten continues as she struggles to start anew after the deaths of her abusive father; her lover, Ethan; and their unborn child. On the run, Pattyn winds up in California and takes work...
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Ellen Hopkins, read by Kirby Heyborne. Simon & Schuster Audio, , unabridged, 7 CDs, 9 hrs., $29.99 ISBN 978-1-4423-8510-8
In his narration, Heyborne proves once again to be a voice-actor extraordinaire, especially with his portrayal of Matthew Turner, the protagonist. In this book about loss, each emotion of the complicated but immediately sympathetic and likeable...
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Edited by Amy Reed. Simon Pulse, $18.99 (320p) ISBN 978-1-5344-0899-9
Twenty-one female YA authors and selected unpublished writers reflect on social justice, feminism, and coming-of-age in the U.S. Brandy Colbert discusses the lessons she has learned about the erasure of black individuals, Reed details experiences...
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Ellen Hopkins. Putnam, $17.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-593-10861-1
In this two-voicer written in prose poems, Hopkins (People Kill People) tells the story of cousins Hannah Lincoln and Calvin Pace, both sixth graders. Following his mother’s death three years prior and subsequent difficulties with his father, who...
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Ellen Hopkins. Putnam, $17.99 (384p) ISBN 978-0-593-10864-2
In effective verse, Hopkins (Closer to Nowhere) tells an honest and moving portrait of a family in flux as they navigate newfound emotional and physical distance. In Las Vegas, 12-year-old STEM geek and baseball pitcher Trace Reynolds, who is of...
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