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Monday, July 13, 2009
GLASS by Ellen Hopkins, read by Laura Flanagan and IMPULSE, by Ellen Hopkins, read by Laura Flanagan, Jeremy Guskin, and Steve Coombs
Hopkins's gritty YA novels are written in free verse, which can act as a buffer to the powerful material in print. As audio productions, they are much more immediate. The honest, searing performances of Laura Flanagan and others are as addictive as the topics. GLASS chronicles the strangle hold of crystal meth, and IMPULSE follows three teens at a psychiatric hospital.