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2013 Abraham Lincoln Award Books: Impulse

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Impulse in the IRC

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Summary

Three teens who meet at Reno, Nevada's Aspen Springs mental hospital after each has attempted suicide connect with each other in a way they never have with their parents or anyone else in their lives.

About the Author

Ellen Hopkins has authored twenty non-fiction titles and five verse novels.  She lives in Nevada with her husband and adopted son, Orion (who you might recognize from Crank) and has three grown children. She took a somewhat winding road to becoming an author, and writes about it on her YA site, ellenhopkins.com/YoungAdult/about.

Book trailer

notrequiredreading. "Impulse by Ellen Hopkins book trailer." Video. YouTube. 17 May 2009. Web. 14 Mar 2012.