Teaser Tuesday (#7!)

Truthfully? I'm starting to hate Tuesdays. I forgot my phone at home, I have to stay late at the school due to state testing, and I feel like crap for giving excuses YESTERDAY for not excercising. Damn. Anywho, on with the show!

 I LOVE LOVE LOVE Ellen Hopkins. She is a genius, I tell you. I first read Crank because it was popular in my school. I have since read quite a few of her works, so I was THRILLED when Smoke was released. Smoke is the sequel to Burned. If you enjoy contemporary YA, and like reading about 'dark/hard/real/tough' subjects, such as drug abuse, rape, physical abuse etc. and have not yet read Ellen Hopkins, you really should.

Teaser Tuesday is a meme hosted by Should Be Reading, in which we post a little *non-spoiler* teaser of the book we are currently reading.

 
What Do I Do

                To become invisible again,

                to melt into the background

                like a crayon in the sun?

                How do I outmaneuver the

whispers

                that wait around every

                corner, and more, how do

                I silence the voices that

speak

                inside my head, an accusatory

                rumble belonging to

                the dead? If only they’d talk

louder

                perhaps I could understand

                the intention of the drone.

                Is it meant to flip me crazier

than

                I already am,  a healthy

                dose of lunacy wrapped

                up in isolation? My heart

screams

                for forgiveness, cries

                out for love.

See what she did there? I first 'read' Crank by audio book. It's OK to do that, but you will miss the subtleties of the actual art that is her writing. Ellen Hopkins, I bow to you.

--Jenni