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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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