Her books are a must read for all young adult readers, especially since they are based on what has really happened in her own family with drug addiction, unwanted pregnancies and other issues young people face everyday. So much bookish goodness–all day, every day. Ellen Hopkins is a tremendous writer who brings real world issues into your head and heart. However, the argument lost steam after later questions revealed the book, Identical by Ellen Hopkins, is only available to high school students and was never in elementary schools.

To keep up with Book Riot on a daily basis, follow us on Twitter, like us on Facebook, and subscribe to the Book Riot podcast in iTunes or via RSS. Sign up for our newsletter to have the best of Book Riot delivered straight to your inbox every two weeks. Burroughsīastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison Secrets like the ones the twins are harboring are not meant to be kept - from each other or anyone else.Naked Lunch and Junky by William S. Ellen Hopkins, Identical 160 likes Like I am different. Where no one can touch her, until, unbidden, she comes pouring out. If she has to lose, she will do it on her own terms, so she chooses drugs, alcohol, and sex. Ellen Hopkins, Identical 200 likes Like I do have friends, but they don't know me, only someone I've created to take my place. All that Raeanne sees is Daddy playing a game of favorites - and she is losing. I chose this subject matter because the issue touched the lives of three of my friends.

Behind the facade each sister has her own dark secret, and that's where their differences begin.įor Kaeleigh, she's the misplaced focus of Daddy's love, intended for a mother whose presence on the campaign trail means absence at home. S&S/McElderry, 17.99 (565pp) ISBN 978-1-4169-5005-9 Crank, Glass ) takes readers on a harrowing ride into the psyches of 16-year-old. It is about identical twins whose father is sexually abusing one of them. As daughters of a district-court judge father and a politician mother, they are an all-American family - on the surface. Kaeleigh and Raeanne are identical down to the dimple.

Identical by ellen hopkins