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3 | Ellen Hopkins is an American freelance writer. She is mostly famous for her [[NarrativePoem verse novels, or narrative poetry]] in which a novel-length narrative is told through the medium of {{poetry}}. All of which are about everything [[CrapsackWorld crapsack in the teenage world]]. All of her books are serious {{Doorstopper}}s. Debuted with ''Crank,'' a novel based on her daughter's experience with [[DrugsAreBad crystal meth]]. |
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5 | !!She wrote |
6 | [[index]] |
7 | * ''Literature/{{Crank|Trilogy}}'' (2004) |
8 | * ''Literature/Burned2006'' |
9 | * ''Glass'' (2007) |
10 | * ''Literature/{{Impulse}}'' (2007) |
11 | * ''Literature/{{Identical}}'' (2008) |
12 | * ''Tricks'' (2009) |
13 | * ''Fallout'' (2010) |
14 | * ''Perfect'' (2011) |
15 | * ''Triangles'' (2011) |
16 | * ''Tilt'' (2012) |
17 | * ''Collateral'' (2012) |
18 | * ''Smoke'' (2013) |
19 | * ''Rumble'' (2014) |
20 | * ''Tangled'' (2015) |
21 | * ''Love Lies Beneath'' (2015) |
22 | * ''The You I've Never Known'' (2017) |
23 | * ''People Kill People'' (2018) |
24 | [[/index]] |
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26 | !!Her work contains examples of |
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28 | * AbusiveParents: In pretty much every book. |
29 | * DepartmentOfChildDisservices: Summer of ''Fallout'' goes through several foster homes after her grandparents die and was sexually abused in one of them. |
30 | * DeusAngstMachina: ''Literature/{{Impulse}}'', ''Glass'', and ''Tricks''. |
31 | * DownerEnding: ''Glass'', and partially true with ''Literature/{{Impulse}}'' and ''Tricks''. |
32 | * DrugsAreBad: Subverted in ''Crank'' and ''Glass'', but comes close to crossing the line a few times. |
33 | * GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Played straight with [[spoiler:Mikayla]] in ''Triangles''; averted with [[spoiler: Vanessa]] in ''Literature/{{Impulse}}''. |
34 | * FreudianExcuse: All protagonists in all of her stories have one. Always. However, subverted into just being depressing [[HowWeGotHere backstories]] in most cases. |
35 | * GayngstInducedSuicide: In ''Rumble'', the entire book revolves around the protagonist dealing with his brother's suicide. Luke was DrivenToSuicide by [[TeensAreMonsters classmates, most of his older brother]], is mentioned about twice without it relating to {{gayngst}}, and was basically TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth. |
36 | * MassiveNumberedSiblings: |
37 | ** Kristina eventually has five children, most of whom she is a MissingMom to. |
38 | ** In ''Tricks'', Ginger is the oldest of six children. |
39 | * MissingMom: Kristina of ''Crank'' and ''Glass'' is this to the three narrators of ''Fallout''. |
40 | * OneWordTitle: As can be seen above, the majority of Hopkins' novels. |
41 | * PrisonRape: Is implied to have happened to [[spoiler: Tony]] from ''Literature/{{Impulse}}'' on several occasions in juvie. |
42 | * RapeAndSwitch: Tony in ''Impulse'', Cara in ''Perfect'', possibly with Alex from ''Triangles'' and ''Tilt''. |
43 | * RapeAsBackstory: Ginger in ''Tricks'', in a particularly twisted way: [[spoiler: her mother sold her to several different men over the course of her childhood.]] Also Alex in ''Triangles'' and ''Tilt'': [[spoiler: He was raped by his step-father's brother and contracted HIV from him.]] |
44 | * RapeAsDrama: In ''Crank'', ''Literature/{{Impulse}}'', ''Literature/{{Identical}}'', ''Tricks'', and ''Perfect''. |
45 | * SocialServicesDoesNotExist: Well, they exist in ''Fallout''; they just don't do poor Summer any good at all. |
46 | * TeenPregnancy: Kristina in ''Crank'', [[spoiler: Alex]] in ''Tricks'', [[spoiler: Mikayla]] in ''Triangles'' and ''Tilt''. Implied with [[spoiler: Autumn]] in ''Fallout'' but never outright confirmed. |
47 | * ThereAreNoTherapists: Averted in ''Literature/{{Impulse}}'', as it takes place in a mental institution. Also averted with ''Literature/{{Identical}}''. Played straight for all the other books. |
48 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: at least one a book. |
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