Burned

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Collateral
A Novel
From the New York Times bestselling author of Triangles comes an exquisitely told story about a young woman torn between passionate first love and the gripping realities of war. Meet Ashley, a graduate student at San Diego State University. She was raised in northern California reading poetry and singing backupin her best friend’s band. The last thing she ever expected was to end up a military wife. But one night, she meets a handsome Marine named Cole. He doesn’t match the stereotype of the aggressive military man she’d always presumed to be true; he’s passionate and romantic, and he even writes poetry. Their relationship evolves into a deeply felt, sexually charged love affair that goes on for five years and survives four deployments. Cole desperately wants Ashley to marry him, but when she meets another man, a college professor, with similar professional pursuits and values, she begins to see what life might be like outside the shadow of war. Written in Ellen Hopkins’s stunning poetic verse style, Collateral captures the hearts of the soldiers on the battlefield and the minds of the friends, family, and lovers they leave behind. While those at home may be far from the relentless, sand-choked skies of the Middle East and the crosshairs of a sniper rifle, they, too, sacrifice their lives and happiness for their country at war. And all must eventually ask themselves if the collateral damage it causes is worth the fight. *** COLLATERAL Loving Any Soldier Is extremely hard. Loving a Marine who’s an aggressive frontline marksman is almost impossible, especially when he’s deployed . . . . . . Cole’s battalion has already deployed twice to Iraq and once to Afghanistan. Draw-down be damned, Helmand Province and beyond looks likely for his fourth go-round. You’d think it would get easier. But ask me, three scratch-free homecomings make another less likely in the future.
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Smoke
Pattyn’s father is dead. Now she’s on the run in this riveting companion to the New York Times bestselling Burned. Pattyn Von Stratten’s father is dead, and Pattyn is on the run. After far too many years of abuse at the hands of her father, and after the tragic loss of her beloved Ethan and their unborn child, Pattyn is desperate for peace. Only her sister Jackie knows what happened that night, but she is stuck at home with their mother, who clings to normalcy by allowing the truth to be covered up by their domineering community leaders. Her father might be finally gone, but without Pattyn, Jackie is desperately isolated. Alone and in disguise, Pattyn starts a new life as a migrant worker on a California ranch. But is it even possible to rebuild a life when everything you’ve known has burned to ash and lies seem far safer than the truth? Bestselling author Ellen Hopkins continues the riveting story of Pattyn Von Stratten she began in Burned to explore what it takes to rise from the ashes, put ghosts to rest, and step into a future.
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Glass
Crank. Glass. Ice. Crystal. Whatever you call it, it's all the same: a monster. And once it's got hold of you, this monster will never let you go. Kristina thinks she can control it. Now with a baby to care for, she's determined to be the one deciding when and how much, the one calling the shots. But the monster is too strong, and before she knows it, Kristina is back in its grips. She needs the monster to keep going, to face the pressures of day-to-day life. She needs it to feel alive. Once again the monster takes over Kristina's life and she will do anything for it, including giving up the one person who gives her the unconditional love she craves -- her baby. The sequel to Crank, this is the continuing story of Kristina and her descent back to hell. Told in verse, it's a harrowing and disturbing look at addiction and the damage that it inflicts.
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Identical
"Perfect on the outside, but behind the Normal Rockwell facades, each holds its secrets. Dark, untellable. Practically unbelievable." -- IDENTICAL Kaeleigh and Raeanne are 16-year-old identical twins, the daughters of a district court judge father and politician mother running for US Congress. Everything on the surface seems fine, but underneath run very deep and damaging secrets. What really happened when the girls were 7 years old in that car accident that Daddy caused? And why is Mom never home, always running far away to pursue some new dream? Raeanne goes after painkillers, drugs, alcohol, and sex to dull her pain and anger. Kaeleigh always tries so hard to be the good girl -- her father's perfect little flower. But when the girls were 9, Daddy started to turn to his beloved Kaeleigh in ways a father never should and has been sexually abusing her for years. For Raeanne, she needs to numb the pain of not being Daddy's favorite; for Kaeleigh, she wants to do everything she can to feel something normal, even if it means cutting herself and vomiting after every binge. How Kaeleigh and Raeanne figure out just what it means to be whole again when their entire world has been torn to shreads is the guts and heart of this powerful, disturbing, and utterly remarkable book.
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December 03, 2012
CALIBRARY1
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Book review by Holly R., posted by CA Library:"Burned by Ellen Hopkins is amazing fiction book! This book was thrilling. Burned is written in verse. Pattyn, the main character in the book also the protagonist in the book deals with many different problems: question her religion as a Mormon, true love, questioning God and family.It starts with Pattyn being a good Mormon girl and belonging. Then she has an interesting dream and questions everything. She soon starts dating behind her father’s back. She sneaks around with her boyfriend. Her father soon ketches on and follows Pattyn and sees her drink and do some other stuff. As any father would, he flipped out. Eventually, Pattyn gets sent to her Aunt Jeannette’s house in Carson City, Nevada. Aunt J, as Pattyn calls her, takes care of Pattyn all summer. Pattyn finds her true love and experiences tons of stuff. Well I’ll let you figure out the rest for yourself. I defiantly rate this book 5 out of 5 stars! Please read this book it is the best book I have read in a long time.I would recommend this book to the age range or 14 and above due to its close details in the book with romance. The book does tend to get a little graphic! . I am not a big book reader and I flew throw this book."
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Book review by Holly R., posted by CA Library:"Burned by Ellen Hopkins is amazing fiction book! This book was thrilling. Burned is written in verse. Pattyn, the main character in the book also the protagonist in the book deals with many different problems: question her religion as a Mormon, true love, questioning God and family.It starts with Pattyn being a good Mormon girl and belonging. Then she has an interesting dream and questions everything. She soon starts dating behind her father’s back. She sneaks around with her boyfriend. Her father soon ketches on and follows Pattyn and sees her drink and do some other stuff. As any father would, he flipped out. Eventually, Pattyn gets sent to her Aunt Jeannette’s house in Carson City, Nevada. Aunt J, as Pattyn calls her, takes care of Pattyn all summer. Pattyn finds her true love and experiences tons of stuff. Well I’ll let you figure out the rest for yourself. I defiantly rate this book 5 out of 5 stars! Please read this book it is the best book I have read in a long time.I would recommend this book to the age range or 14 and above due to its close details in the book with romance. The book does tend to get a little graphic! . I am not a big book reader and I flew throw this book."
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August 27, 2012
TURKEYZ
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This is probably my favorite Ellen Hopkins book. It's not written as a poem like her usual books, but it was still just as beautiful and I honestly could not put it down for one second. This book filled me with so many emotions, but most of all it angered me so deeply because of the fact that there are actually people in the world like the ones she had to deal with. However, I loved the book.
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This is probably my favorite Ellen Hopkins book. It's not written as a poem like her usual books, but it was still just as beautiful and I honestly could not put it down for one second. This book filled me with so many emotions, but most of all it angered me so deeply because of the fact that there are actually people in the world like the ones she had to deal with. However, I loved the book.
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February 27, 2012
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Although I know Ellen Hopkins is wildly popular, (as evidenced by many of the other reviews here) this was the first book of hers that I've read, and I wasn't blown away by it. The story is heartbreaking, but except for the heroine, Pattyn, most of the characters are one-dimensional. I was extremely frustrated with her and her sister's and her mother's submission to the father and his violence, and disappointed in the end. I'm also not sure what the author's reason was for writing in verse, and suspected while reading the book that it was just sort of a gimmick. I know that many young adults love this author, but I just felt disappointed with her writing and with the story.
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Although I know Ellen Hopkins is wildly popular, (as evidenced by many of the other reviews here) this was the first book of hers that I've read, and I wasn't blown away by it. The story is heartbreaking, but except for the heroine, Pattyn, most of the characters are one-dimensional. I was extremely frustrated with her and her sister's and her mother's submission to the father and his violence, and disappointed in the end. I'm also not sure what the author's reason was for writing in verse, and suspected while reading the book that it was just sort of a gimmick. I know that many young adults love this author, but I just felt disappointed with her writing and with the story.
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