"Crank" by Ellen Hopkins

The book "Crank" is dark, really dark. But I have always liked dark and depressing books for some reason. Maybe it makes me realize my life is not so bad after all? Kristina snow is the perfect student, good kid, responsible. then she goes to stay with her dad for a summer and is turned onto what she calls the "monster" - crank. Crystal meth. Kristina's personality takes a turn for the worse as she starts to use this drug. She discovers her alter-ego - Bree. "there is no perfect daughter, / no gifted high school junior, / no kristina georgia snow. / there is only bree." Kristina is based on Ellen Hopkin's own daughter, and the language of the book is all in poetry and cool typeface designs. It looks thick, but I read it in a few days, not very many words on each page! If you like this, then you'll definitely like "Go Ask Alice," an anonymous diary, and you'd probably like "Cut," by Patricia McCormick.