Fall Out- Ellen Hopkins pages 1-300

Fall out is the third of three books chronically a girl named Kristina who is addicted to among many things, crystal meth. I have read the first two books already, and they were really good. All of Ellen Hopkins books are honest and raw, but Kristina's story especially because it is loosely based (although I believe it to be slightly more that loosely) on Ellen Hopkins youngest daughter. In the past books Kristina makes a lot of mistakes, and ends up having a couple kids along the way of her messy life. "Fallout" is told from the three prospectives of three of her children, none of which are living with her, and one of whom who has never even met her. Kristina still struggles to keep jobs, and stay out jail, and this book is about the mess she left behind when she decided to give her life away to drugs. The lives she affected most were those of the children she left behind along the way. Hunter was her first kid she had when she was a teenager, he is nineteen in the newest book. Kristinas parents adopted him and he lived a good life, although he still has troubles considering the stress his biological mother puts on their family. Next is summer, who has been passed between Kristina, and her dad, and numerous foster homes. She visits her mother every once and while but her life is pretty messed up. She knows Hunter, and her grandparents, but seldom sees them. She recently found out she has a sister, another life Kristina has broken. Autumn is her long lost sister, who has only known her dad, who has been in and out of jail her whole life. She lives with her Grandfather and Aunt Cora who took her in when Kristina went to jail. Autumn has wondered her whole life about her mom.

This book is great so far. Kristina's character has stuck with me ever since I read "Crank", the first novel Ellen Hopkins wrote. All her books are written in poetry form which is really interesting. If any one ever had any doubts about doing hard drugs, these books would solidify their hesitation. I can't wait to see how Kristina's story ends because i'm pretty sure this is the last book she is writting on Krisitna.