Burned, written by Ellen Hopkins, was published during 2006 by Margaret K. McElderry Books. This novel tells the story of Pattyn Von Stratten navigating a challenging journey of abuse to find love and acceptance. It all starts when she has an...
Ellen Hopkins' Crank (2004) was based in part on the real-life struggles of the author's daughter, who has struggled with addiction to crystal meth for much of her life. Although it is a work of fiction, Hopkins estimated that "60%" of the novel...
Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories is a novel consisting of seventy stories by seventy YA authors about bullying. It was made as a reaction to the suicide of the bullying victim Phoebe Prince in 2010. The two authors and editors Megan...
Identical (2008) is a novel about abuse. It tells the story of Kaeleigh and Raeanne, two sixteen-year-old identical twins with a seemingly normal life. Their parents are both involved in the prestigious—their father is a district court judge, and...
Ellen Hopkins' Tricks (2009) is a novel told in verse. The novel follows five teenagers in the United States, each of whom is struggling with drug addiction or sex and the related situations they find themselves in because of it. The first story...
