Glass

Praise for Ellen Hopkins’s
New York Times
bestselling books

Crank

“Powerful and unsettling.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“The poems are masterpieces of word, shape, and pacing . . . a stunning portrayal of a teen’s loss of direction.”
—School Library Journal

Burned

“Troubling but beautifully written.”
—Booklist

“Sharp and heartbreaking.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“Once again the author of
Crank
has masterfully used verse to re-create the yearnings and emotions of a teenage girl trapped in tragic circumstances.”
—School Library Journal

An ALA Best Books for Young Adults nominee

Impulse

“A fast, jagged, hypnotic read.”
—Kirkus Reviews

“By book’s end, readers may well feel the effects of each protagonist’s final choice.”
—Publishers Weekly

“Mature fans of the verse format will devour this hefty problem novel.”
—School Library Journal

Glass

“Spare and intense free verse.”
—VOYA

“
Glass
is even more terrifying than
Crank
in its utter hopelessness.”
—SLJ

“Hypnotically sad, with a realistic lack of closure.”
—Kirkus Reviews

Crank

Burned

Impulse

Identical

Tricks

Coming soon

Fallout

MARGARET K. McELDERRY BOOKS

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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real locales are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2007 by Ellen Hopkins

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Also available in a hardcover edition.

Book design by Mike Rosamilia
The text of this book was set in Trade Gothic Condensed.

Manufactured in the United States of America
First paperback edition April 2009
10 9 8 7 6 5
The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Hopkins, Ellen.
Glass / Ellen Hopkins.—1st ed.
p. cm.

Summary: Eighteen-year-old Kristina is determined to manage her crystal meth addiction in order to take care of her newborn son, but when the pull of the drug becomes too strong, her greatest fears are quickly realized.

ISBN 978-1-4169-4090-6 (hc)

[1. Methamphetamine—Fiction. 2. Drug abuse—Fiction. 3. Teenagers—Fiction. 4. Novels in verse. 5. Babies—Fiction. 6. Family problems—Fiction.] I. Title.
PZ7.5.H67 Gla 2007
[Fic]—dc22
2007299868

ISBN 978-1-4169-4091-3 (pbk)
ISBN 978-1-4391-0652-5 (eBook)

Glass
is dedicated to Orion, Jade, Heaven, and Clyde, whose lives, through no fault of their own, have been forever marked by the monster.

I would also like to acknowledge my husband, John, whose love has kept me upright.