My nose is too big, my breast are too small, says the girl who is getting plastic surgery at age 16. Book trailer for the book perfect by ellen hopkins. Perhaps the author tries a bit too hard to drive her point home here dont try to be perfect, be yourself and she makes her characters suffer an awful lot along the way. Everyone dreams about the perfect life, but an obsession with perfection can be crippling. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 537 pages and is available in paperback format. Ellen hopkins is the new york times bestselling author of crank, burned, impulse, glass, identical, tricks, fallout, perfect, triangles, tilt, and collateral. She has written a couple of adult novels, including triangles and collateral. Manufactured in the united states of america 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 library of congress cataloginginpublication data hopkins, ellen. Read free perfect impulse 2 ellen hopkins perfect impulse 2 ellen hopkins recognizing the quirk ways to get this book perfect impulse 2 ellen hopkins is additionally useful. Free download or read online perfect pdf epub impulse series book. Thats the question driving the narrators of ellen hopkinss 2011 sequel to impulse, which is, appropriately, called perfect perfect shows the aftereffects of conners suicide attempt on his family and friendsone of the narrators is his sister, cara, and another is his exgirlfriend, kendra. Once again ellen hopkins has written an amazing book. Perfect quotes by ellen hopkins goodreads share book. And andre realizes that to follow his heart and achieve his perfect performance, hell be living a life his ancestors would never understand.
Tilt by ellen hopkins is a companion novel to her adult novel, triangles that i read back in 2014. A reading group guide to perfect by ellen hopkins about the book everyone dreams about the perfect life, but an obsession with perfection can be crippling. Essays on kinship and friendship, living and learning, age and change. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 622 pages and is available in hardcover format. Ellen hopkins, a poet, freelance writer, and the awardwinning author of twenty nonfiction titles and five ny times bestselling novelsinverse.
This book, perfect is about how we struggle with many different things in our lives. She started writing her career writing nonfiction books for children about various topics such as orcas and military subjects. Ellen hopkins is a former journalist and the awardwinning author of twenty nonfiction books for young readers, fourteen bestselling youngadult novels, and four novels for adult readers. Ellen hopkins author of crank goodreads share book. A riveting and startling companion to the bestselling impulse, ellen hopkins s perfect exposes the harsh truths about what it takes to grow up and grow into our own skins, our own selves. The first edition of the novel was published in 2004, and was written by ellen hopkins.
Her parents are wealthy, she is dating an amazing athlete, sean, and she gets good grades which have her on the road to stanford. The first edition of the novel was published in september th 2011, and was written by ellen hopkins. She lives in carson city, nevada, with her husband and son. She has published several new york times bestselling novels. A riveting and startling companion to the bestselling impulse, ellen hopkinss perfect exposes the harsh truths about what it takes to. She lives with her family in carson city, nevada, where she has founded ventana sierra, a nonprofit youth housing and resource initiative. Trying to excel at baseball and get into stanford, sean takes steroids and spirals into rage and rape.
In ellen hopkinss perfect, the riveting companion to impulse, four teens pursue their goals of perfection which are as different as the paths they take to get there. Ellen hopkins is a celebrated name among young adult novel writers. I did enjoy this book quite a lot and again it is a very thought provoking, emotional and engaging read. Ellen hopkins is an american author of young adult novels and nonfiction books. Ellen hopkins has written many novels about problems that teenagers and young adults face such as drug use, prostitution, death, and many more. Cara, now a highschool senior, tells us what life has been like since conner attempted suicide and ended up in a psychiatric hospital called aspen springs. Hopkins s titles are always one word, and this ones easy.
Delaware county district library ohio scanned in china. Perfect fits the classic hopkins formula thick book, verse poetry, hotbutton issues, and mature language and fans will likely race through the 600plus pages. As cara says on the first page, only you should decide for you what is perfect 1. National book award nomiee burned 20062007 gatway readers award winner crank 2007 ala best book for young adoults nominee burned 20062007 taysha readers list burned 2008 ala best book for young adoults impolse ala top ten for young adoultsglass gorgia peach award nominee impolse kirkus best book for teens identical. Perfect by ellen hopkins 2011, hardcover for sale online. Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that theyd rather be.
With this book, she is honored to enter the realm of middle. Everything seems to be going great, that is, until her brother, conner, attempts suicide, which spreads rumors about not only him, but her and her family as well. Perfect audiobook by ellen hopkins, christina wildson. Perfect book by ellen hopkins official publisher page. Perfect was released on september, 2011, and is a companion novel to impulse. Cara sykes is beautiful, rich, and destined for stanford. Ellen hopkins, a poet, freelance writer, and the awardwinning author of twenty nonfiction titles and five ny times bestselling novelsinverse, draws in her readers by her style of writing. Buy a cheap copy of perfect, signed edition book by ellen hopkins. A reading group guide to perfect by ellen hopkins about the book. Hopkins felt they needed their own story after the release of triangles. These novels discuss delicate teenage issues such as, psychological problems, prostitution, drug addiction and other such issues that trouble young generation of today. For four high school seniors, their goals of perfection are just as different as the paths they take to get there.
Like all of ellen hopkins works, the novel is unusual for its free verse format. Perfect was released on september, 2011, and is a companion novel to perfect paperback ellen hopkins pdf uln2803ag more images. Im not skinny enough, says the anorexic or bulimic. Pdf crank book by ellen hopkins free download 537 pages. Dryden book design by mike rosamilia the text for this book is set in trade gothic condensed no. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders.
Ellen hopkinss perfect exposes the harsh truths about what it takes to grow up and grow into our own skins. Most of them are sequelsprequels so make sure you read them in a certain order so you know whats going on. Ellen louise hopkins born march 26, 1955 is a novelist who has published. Glass is the sequel to crank, and fallout, the third and final book in the series, was released on september 14, 2010. I bought this book because ive read all of her books and loved them. Buy the paperback book perfect by ellen hopkins at indigo.
While not razoredged like her previous work, hopkins portrait of four 12thgraders who are expected to be perfect will nonetheless keep teens up all night reading. Perfect book by ellen hopkins 3 available editions. Ellen hopkins best selling book perfect tells about four strangers aim to be perfect sets them into a downward spiral. A book with some very heavy topics that are not for the faint of heart. A riveting and startling companion to the bestselling impulse, ellen hopkinss perfect exposes the harsh truths about what it takes to grow up and grow into our own skins, our own selves.
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