When former library director Kimber Glidden resigned last September, it brought national media attention to Bonners Ferry, a small town near the Canadian border. You are not alone.BONNERS FERRY – Nine months after its director resigned over threats, a North Idaho library appears to have reached a compromise with the community.īoundary County Library’s revised materials and collections policy, which formalizes a process for concerned community members to challenge books, comes into play ahead of an election May 16 for two seats on the board. You might find a sense of peace and community in an organization like Al-Anon. It tries to destroy everyone who loves him or her. You will get “the rest of Kristina’s story,” through different lenses because “the monster” doesn’t only destroy the addict. But I also believe the ultimate hope of these stories lies here, with the generation that can choose to break this cycle. I chose to write from her children’s POVs to give them a voice, and to give a voice to my readers who struggle with their own parents’ addictions. And also please remember that, while these books are rooted in our real life, they are largely fiction. Please remember it’s only one possible future, created from how I see these children’s lives now. At the time I write this description, the real “Hunter” is thirteen, but I write him at nineteen in Fallout. The book is written from the points of view of her three oldest children, now teens in the book, and dealing with their own lives, which are shaped by the choices she made when she was their age. And I believe I’ve done that with Fallout. Rather, I wanted the third and final Kristina book to be the most powerful of the three. But series tend to degrade over time, and I don’t want to give my readers progressively weaker books. But readers wanted more of her story and I could probably write ten books about her fall from grace. Originally, I never planned a sequel to Crank. Despite her many flaws, they come to care about her and her family. But even those whose lives have never been touched by this particular monster are drawn to Kristina.

The story in Crank, and in its sequel, Glass, is shared by so many.

But I could not have predicted its phenomenal success. When Crank first released in October 2004, I knew it was an important story.

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