By:
Ellen Hopkins
Grade Level:
In our world today, we have access to a wide variety of literature that specifically targets
adolescents and young adults. However, it is only every so often that one comes across an
incredibly powerful and moving contemporary work such as the novel Glass (Hopkins, 2007).
The sequel to her New York best seller Crank (Hopkins, 2004), Glass continues through the
intense and heart-wrenching journey of one adolescent’s struggle with methamphetamine abuse
and addiction.