Ellen Hopkins group presentation II

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Born March 26, 1955 in Long Beach, California. Author of 8 young adults novels with 2 more slated for publication in 2012. Ellen Hopkins

Crank Novels : 

Crank Novels Flirtin’ with the monster Life was good b efore I m et t he monster After, l ife w as great, At least f or a little while.

Crank Novels : 

Crank Novels Walking with the monster Life was radical right after I met the monster. Later, life became harder, complicated. ultimately, a living Hell.

Crank Novels : 

Crank Novels This trilogy follows the life of teenage Kristina through her first encounter with crank all the way into her adulthood where she still struggles with the monster.

Impulse Novels: 

Impulse Novels The story of three young people whose lives intersect in a psych hospital, after separate attempted suicides.

Impulse Novels: 

Impulse Novels Everyone has something, someone, somewhere else that they’d rather be. For four high-school seniors, their goals of perfection are just as different as the paths they take to get there.

Current Stand alone novels: 

Current Stand alone novels The story of a young woman, struggling to find her place in the world in the face of abuse by the person she most adores: her father. She questions her family, her faith, and her ability to love and be loved.

Current Stand alone novels: 

Current Stand alone novels This story is about identical twins whose father is sexually abusing one of them.

Current Stand alone novels: 

Current Stand alone novels Tricks tells the story of five very different young people, from five very different parts of the country, who fall into prostitution for five very different reasons.

Banned books: 

Banned books Ellen Hopkins is in the top 10 most challenged authors for the years 2009 and 2010 according to the ALA. Crank was the 4 th most challenged book in 2010.

Hopkins’ first “dis-invitation”: 

Hopkins’ first “dis-invitation” Norman, Oklahoma. September 2009. Hopkins donated a school visit. Middle school librarian very excited to win and have Hopkins come speak to students. Two days before visit a parent challenged Hopkins books. Superintendent pulled the books (did not read them) and uninvited Hopkins to speak at the school.

Hopkins’ Second “dis-invitation”: 

Hopkins’ Second “dis-invitation” Humble, Texas. August 2010. Hopkins was invited to speak at an annual Teen LitFest scheduled for January 2011. A middle school librarian initiated the dis-invitation by getting a few parents riled up. The superintendent cancelled Hopkins invitation to speak at the Festival.

Hopkins speaks out for intellectual freedom: 

Hopkins speaks out for intellectual freedom “If you don’t like the content in a book, don’t read it. If you don’t want your child to read a book, take it away. But you do not have the right to decide “appropriateness” for everyone. Ignorance is no armor. And those whose lives are touched by the issues I write about deserve to know they are not alone.” Hopkins, 2010.

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*Video by BannedBooksWeek via YouTube

References: 

References Articles from http://ellenhopkins.com/YoungAdult/ http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ellen-hopkins/banned-books-anticensorship-manifesto_b_744219.html http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/slj/home/886402-312/ellen_hopkins_uninvited_to_lit.html.csp Images from www.goodreads.com and www.flickr.com Music from www.purple-planet.com Video from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLNwTHeZcoQ