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Ellen Hopkins Anyone? (Those giant books written in verse)

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  1. remainnameless

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    I doubt very many people will know what I'm talking about..

    But if you do, I'm reading her book Tricks, and it has blown me away. Is an epic read, and I can't wait to read more of her books.

    Anyone care to elaborate on her books?

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    I highly recommend her book Tricks and another one, Twirl.
     
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    I've read 5 or 6 of her books. I loved them at first, but after I read a couple of them there was a lot of similarities in the stories. I eventually gave them to my little sister, she enjoyed them.

    Good stories overall, its easy to accidentally read them in one sitting though. :lol:
     
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    YES!! I own all of her Young Adult novels. Offically now.
    I have read Crank, Glass, Impulse, Perfect, and Burned.
     
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    Sweet! I wasn't so sure about Tricks at first, but I love it now. They do seem like they would have similarities though. Which one was the best so far? I'm about to finish Tricks, I think I will get Impulse or Tilt next.
     
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    I've seen them at the library, but they're so huge, they're intimidating.
     
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    Impulse was my favorite of her books.

    I've read Crank, Burned, Impulse, Identical, Glass, and Tricks.
     
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    They're written like poems so the pages don't have much on them. You can get through them quick.

    And I own Impulse and I've read it a lot of times. Her books are super intense. I also read Crank and Glass.
     
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    They are bigger books, but there is only ~30-40 words on each page. If it was written in novel format it would be a 1/10 the size.
     
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    Ah. Maybe I'll check them out.
     
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    Lol you guys are getting me all excited! :icon_bigg

    @Rivers; the books are hardly the size they seem to be, they are written in "verse" like poetry.

    I'll get impulse next :thumbsup:
     
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    I'm reminiscing about these books now, I'll have to contact my sister and see if I can get my copies back to re-read them. :slight_smile:
     
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    I just finished tricks.. Don't know what to say, the ending was blunt and realistic, I guess. I'm irritated with where she left off Seth's story though.
     
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    Got Burned! Anyone read that one? Or Tilt?
     
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