By: Ellen Hopkins

 Referred to daughters life.  Was adopted.  Loves poetry.  Lives in Northern Nevada  Crank, Glass, Impulse, Tricks, Burned

 Vanessa- Cuts  Tony- Pills  Connor- Gun

 There isn’t really a protagonist

 There is no antagonist

 Vanessa  Real  Down to earth  Speaks her mind  Independent  Depressed

 Connor  Into himself  Careless  Selfish  Rebellious

 Vanessa- Grandma’s house. Cuts herself.  Tony- Dad catches him overdosed on pills.  Connor-Shoots himself in the chest, but he misses and is sent to the hospital.

 Aspin Springs  Meet each other  Rebel  Hate it  Doesn’t care

 Listening to counselor  Friends  Opening up  Realizing

 Go home  Rewards  Happier  Relationships  Levels up

 Changes ways  Goes home  Gets better  Life changing  Relaxing

 Drug Abuse  Alcohol Abuse  Suicide  9- into problem books

 Time period- present  Importance- Conditions  Place- Aspen Springs  Importance- Rehabilitation center

 7.5  Had slow parts  Overall, you can learn a lot.

 Suicide-”the act of intentionally killing ones self.” -Dictionary  Males succeed -Soreff  Females attempt -Soreff  Depression -Soreff  Attention -Nock

 11 th leading cause of death for Americans. -Soreff  3 rd leading cause of death for young people. -Nock  attempts a year. - Book rags  Mental illness -NIMH  Substance abuse problems. -Morgan

 Victim -High  Family -High  Friends -High  Neighbors -High  Peers -High

 Depression -Soreff  Bi-polar disorder -NIHM  Family problems -Morgan  Self-esteem issues -Nock  Peer put-downs -Nock  Military -Hefling

 Feeling of guilt -Soreff  Sad -Soreff  Hopelessness -Soreff  Suicide thoughts -Soreff  Suicide attempts -Soreff  Mental disorder- -Soreff  Stephen Soreff, Md, “Suicide” April 9, overview -overview

 More serious than depression -NIMH  Extreme highs to extreme lows -NIMH  Live recklessly -NIMH  Manic Depression- another name. -NIMH NIMH- “Bipolar Disorder” /bipolar-disorder/complete-index.shtml /bipolar-disorder/complete-index.shtml

 Divorce -Morgan  Tension -Morgan  Fighting -Morgan  Abuse -Morgan Mark Morgan, “Suicide Risk may Remain Decades After Sexual Abuse” November 5, full full

 Bullying –Nock  Self-esteem -Nock  Eating disorders –Nock  Hardest time -Nock  Cruelty -Nock  Only way out -Nock  Matthew K. Nock, PhD, “Suicide for Teens”, June _health/suicide.html _health/suicide.html

 Doctors -Book rags  Rich people –Book rags  Drinking –Book rags  Drugs –Book rags  Loneliness -Book rags  Book Rags- “Suicide and Substance Abuse” and-substance-abuse-dat-03/ and-substance-abuse-dat-03/

 Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome. -Hefling  Drug abuse -Hefling  Not use to the change -Hefling  Can’t function right. – Hefling  Kimberly Hefling, “Iraq War Vets’ Suicide Rates Analyzed” February 13, /news/ _1_iraq-and-afghanistan- veterans-veterans-affairs-suicide 13/news/ _1_iraq-and-afghanistan- veterans-veterans-affairs-suicide

 H9s H9s  BPNSk BPNSk

Only way out  Some days I just wish that I could run and hide No matter where I go it seems like the only way out is suicide My life doesn't seem worth it all of this pain and suffering I don't want to be here anymore the only way out is suicide Nobody can help me  the only way out is suicide nobody knows the real me I put on this person when I am actually miserable the only way out is suicide All I have ever wanted is to be loved and accepted however, I have not been. Because of this, I am empty inside therefore, suicide is my only answer…  Tim Queen

 Matthew K. Nock, PhD, “Suicide for Teens”, June  “Suicide in the U.S.: Statistics and Prevention” July 27, 2009  prevention/index.shtm prevention/index.shtm  Wikipedia- “Suicide” February 20,  Brenda High, “Suicide is a Teenage Epidemic”  Book Rags- “Suicide and Substance Abuse” substance-abuse-dat-03/ substance-abuse-dat-03/  NIMH- “Bipolar Disorder” disorder/complete-index.shtmlhttp:// disorder/complete-index.shtml  Mark Morgan, “Suicide Risk may Remain Decades After Sexual Abuse” November 5,  Kimberly Hefling, “Iraq War Vets’ Suicide Rates Analyzed” February 13, veterans-affairs-suicide veterans-affairs-suicide  MSNBS- “1 in 8 Retuning Soldiers Suffers from PTSS”  Stephen Soreff, Md, “Suicide” April 9, overviewhttp://emedicine.medscape.com/article/ overview