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All teen and kid reviews for Glass

Age
14
Average rating based on 43 kid and teen reviews:
  • 37% say there's too much drinking, drugs, or smoking
  • 33% say sexual content is an issue
  • 30% say it's educational
  • 28% say there are positive messages
Teen, 17 years old
October 24, 2011
 
Good book for teens and adults
It's definitely a good book, and a good conversation starter. It helps teens to look at the real consequences of substance abuse and allows for them to talk to their parents about it as well. I would recommend that if a teen is going to read this book (or any other by Ellen Hopkins) that the parents should as well, to allow for a discussion between parent and teen about the major themes of the book.

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Teen, 15 years old
January 5, 2010
 
good for teens it can get the message about drugs and sex acrossed
I think the book is good but it is horrible how she abandons a kid and then is pregnant by the end . It is bab because she is a drug addict .

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Teen, 15 years old
February 15, 2011
 
Not a bad decision,
i think this book is great. it helps us realize that drugs might make you feel good but that there also very bad. im 14, and i read this book in 8th grade. and yes i tried pot before, and i have realized that after reading this that i've made a mistake. i mean i dont encourge anyone to read if, but if you would like to see what drugs do to you then read it. think about what your doing. this book was not made to convince young readers to do drugs, it was made to describe what they do to you, and how it effects young teens live's. i hope by reading this that many parents wont be so negative, and buy this book and let your teens read it. let them see how scary it is too do this, maybe by reading it they will make better decisions.

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Teen, 16 years old
December 9, 2010
 
it can get heavy and very intense. know what they can handle
it shows exactly why people shouldn't do drugs. the monster sends the main character to the equivalent of hell with no control of anything. certainly the bad side of seemingly glamorous drugs. after reading this, any thought in my mind of doing drugs is completely vanished. all this is coming from a teenager with a lot of opportunities to throw away everything and just party.

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Teen, 17 years old
May 17, 2010
 
perfect for teens not not for adults
i love you should make a movie about that would be awsome people would buy the movies

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Teen, 14 years old
September 11, 2011
 
GREAT FOR ANY OF MY FELLOW ANTICENSORSHIP FOLK
first off read Crank first as this is a sequel to it . next thing is to understand that this book is a first person perspective about crystal meth addiction and inculdes several sexual incoutners which leads to teen pregnancy number 2 for main character Kristina/Bree .

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Teen, 15 years old
July 27, 2010
 
i read this book when i was 12 and was able to handle it perfectly. If you have a mature tween, it's appropriate.

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Teen, 17 years old
March 28, 2011
 
Good and Bad
This book was amazing! Though the book is filled with profanity, drugs, sex, and many other immoral actions, it is very educational. I highly reccomend it to others, this could help prevent your childs involvment with drugs.

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Teen, 15 years old
September 23, 2011
 
stunning.....
"...from sweetest dreams to find yourself in the middle of a nightmare."- from Glass. This book sums up the book perfectly. The writing is pitch perfect, and Ellen's Best Book Ever, and thats a whole lot of praise! Glass, begins right where Crank left off, and this book is just as addictive as Crank was, maybe even more. I did not like the length of the novel, but the free verse makes it a faster read, but Hopkins does not sugar coat anything, Glass is raw. Raw raw raw raw raw....... it is also disturbing, sexual, loud, sharp.... sharp as the material the novel's title is based on. Although the writing is fast- paced, and the novel is not the easiest book to swallow (well, every book is pretty hard to swallow) The violence includes a baby falls to the floor, blood is described. The 'monster' is abusive mentally to Kristina and her father. The sex includes Kristina having sex with her boyfriend's cousin, and Kristina ends up pregnant... again. The drug use is constant and upsetting, and even if Kristina is un-responcible, you care for her, and root for her. Although the story is about drug use, it also shows what happens to people who get addicted to meth, and who else it affects, and how it tears apart families. The swearing is harsh, including f***, di**, da**, sh**, su**, a**, h***, wh***, ect. I loved this book and recommend it for anyone who loves poems, and is a fan of Ellen Hopkin's Crank! Enjoy!

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Teen, 16 years old
October 28, 2010
 
i like the book

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Teen, 16 years old
January 1, 2011
 
Learning from failure
I think that this is a good book for teens to read to see the consequences of their actions.

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Teen, 17 years old
June 9, 2010
 
This was a really good book. it helps me because there are alot of people around me in my family and friends that do bad drugs. its nice to have some relation.

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Teen, 16 years old
November 29, 2010
 
Big fann of Ellen Hopkins
I absoultly love this author her books reveal so much. Ellen Hopkins is unique and extrordinary. Her books give great detail and i just love the way she rights her stories. I recomend her books to teens not really kids i doubt they would get it.

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Teen, 18 years old
June 4, 2010
 
I think its good for 15 and up!
I loved the book it was very detailed and I love books like that I'm now reading Burn the next one of the crank series!!

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Teen, 17 years old
September 20, 2010
 
good for all age
i love it helps me when i did it!!!!!

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Teen, 18 years old
April 30, 2010
 
very worth while
Very good book, lots of drug use no doubt but still a worth while book

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Teen, 15 years old
April 27, 2010
 
Perfect for 13 and older
I honestly think that this book is absolutely amazing! I read Crank and Burned! I think that it gives a positive reaction! It teaches children that they should not do what she did! Otherwise, if they do, this will ahppen to them!

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Teen, 18 years old
June 15, 2010
 
Pretty good but a little graphic.

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Teen, 18 years old
June 1, 2010
 
glass by ellen hopkins
love it!! i have read the whole series of the crank glass impulse etc.. its a love or hate book. the book deals with a young teen named kristina strugles with addiction to drugs sex and the party life. it shows her strugles with real life and her drug life. it shows her family strugles and her thoughts of everything.

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Teen, 15 years old
October 9, 2010
 
for 10+
i love deep books and love her style of writing, it's very intriging ;)

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