Valeria, read to her children’s stories each night and by the time she was in pre-school, she was already reading chapter books. And she also believes that this talent was nurtured further by her adoptive parents.

Of course, as a natural daughter of a writer and a poet, she believes that this talent and gift runs through her too. When asked if her talent for writing was inherent or nurtured, she directly answers that it’s both.

It was reported that by the year 2000, Ellen Hopkins finally found her biological mother, Toni Chandler who was also a poet and a writer, just like herself. She conceded that it was definitely a challenge living with older parents along, of course, with lots of wonderful benefits. She is born on Maand her adoptive parents were already old, with her mom 42 years old and her dad at 72 years old. Early LifeĮllen Hopkins is a self-confessed adopted child of Valeria and Albert Wagner. She is a favorite author for both young adult and the teenage readers. She is well known for her books entitled Crank, Burned, Impulse and several others. In this document that was attached to her original complaint she included quotes from the book.Ellen Louise Hopkins is a New York Times Bestselling author. She focuses on the drug use, sex, and encouragement of said behaviors. The problem that the complainant had with Glass was that the subject matter was not appropriate for adolescence. That has come to define you? An example of the free verse style in Glass At the end of the novel, Kristina is hopeful that she can turn her life around and be a better mom the second time. While there, Kristina detoxes and realizes she is pregnant again. They try to run away together to California but are caught and taken back to Nevada and placed in jail. Kristina’s mother files a court order, claiming her an unfit mother. When he comes back, they get back together. Throughout the novel, her boyfriend is away, and she starts sleeping with his cousin. Kristin begins dealing meth to one of her friends who now works in a whorehouse. Her mother kicks her out after her son hurt himself and she was unable to do anything. She moves in with her mother to get clean, but instead she and her boyfriend become addicted to meth. In this book, Kristina has just had a baby, and is struggling to take care of him. The series is about eighteen year old Kristina’s struggle with drug addiction and is based on the life of Ellen Hopkin’s daughter. Glass is the second free verse poetry book in the Crank series by Ellen Hopkins.

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