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Love—good and bad—forces three teens’ worlds to tilt in a riveting novel from New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins.
Three teens, three stories—all interconnected through their parents’ family relationships. As the adults pull away, caught up in their own dilemmas, the lives of the teens begin to tilt….
Mikayla, almost eighteen, is over-the-top in love with Dylan, who loves her back jealously. But what happens to that love when Mikayla gets pregnant the summer before their senior year—and decides to keep the baby?
Shane turns sixteen that same summer and falls hard in love with his first boyfriend, Alex, who happens to be HIV positive. Shane has lived for four years with his little sister’s impending death. Can he accept Alex’s love, knowing that his life, too, will be shortened?
Harley is fourteen—a good girl searching for new experiences, especially love from an older boy. She never expects to hurdle toward self-destructive extremes in order to define who she is and who she wants to be.
Love, in all its forms, has crucial consequences in this standalone novel.
"Brimming with shoes about to drop (some do, some don’t) and the drama her fans devour . . ."—Kirkus Reviews
Ellen Hopkins is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Crank, Burned, Impulse, Glass, Identical, Tricks, Fallout, and Perfect, as well as the adult novels Triangles and Collateral. She lives with her family in Carson City, Nevada, where she has founded Ventana Sierra, a nonprofit youth housing and resource initiative. Visit her at EllenHopkins.com and on Facebook, and follow her on Twitter at @EllenHopkinsYA. For more information on Ventana Sierra, go to VentanaSierra.org.
Mikayla
My World Tilted
Completely off its axis the night
I hooked up with Dylan Douglas.
It was New Year’s Eve—five
months ago—so maybe part of that
earth-sway had something to do with
the downers, weed and cheap beer,
a dizzying combo on an empty stomach.
What I know for sure is, when he came
slinking up like a cougar—all tawny
and temperamental—something inside
me shifted. Something elemental.
I, probably the oldest prude in my whole
junior class, transformed into vamp.
When he smiled at me—me!—I knew
I had to make him mine. I would
have done anything. Turned out, all
I had to do was smile back. Just like
that, we belonged to each other.
Anonymous
Posted Mon Sep 24 00:00:00 EDT 2012
I suggest you shut up. Ive read every single one of ellen hopkins books, and i dont regret them one bit. Shes a talented author, who writes about serious real-world issues. Shes amazing at what she does. These books are phenominal. Ill be a fan of hers until I die. She writes these things because she can, and because these are things that appeal to mist anyone. Ajd i niticed you dont recommend it to 12-14 year olds, but say its okay for 16 and up. What about me? Im 15. If you dont like these books, you obviously dont get the message she sends out, and yiu have bad taste in genre.
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Posted Tue Sep 18 00:00:00 EDT 2012
This book is actually quite innapropraite. I would say read this if you are a MATURE OLDER TEENAGER (16-19). This is definatly nit a book for younger teens(13-14). I only read where it says the girl strips off her panties and puts him inside her...i mean if you WANT to read that by all means...go ahead but i never did and never will read this...simply because of the sexual content. It is a truly really innapropriate book...DO NOT READ!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted Tue Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2012
I bought this book on my nook and it doesnt work buy the real thing
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Posted Wed Sep 19 00:00:00 EDT 2012
HOPKINS did it again! I've read all her books and this one is just as amazing.
It goes along with Triangles (even tho TILT starts where it was middle of TRIANGLES) so definatly read Triangles first.
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Posted Wed Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 2012
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The was one of the better books I have read and I feel this was an honest portrayal. Shane, Mikayla and Harley come from homes that are broken. They try to find love they don't have at home. Their lives are changed throughout the book.
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Posted Tue Sep 11 00:00:00 EDT 2012
Great book, and great read highly recommended if you a fan or love her books!!!
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Posted Fri Jan 04 00:00:00 EST 2013
Great book i finished it in one day!
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Posted Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2013
I can never put this book down sadly to say this reminds me of people i know today
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Posted Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2013
I'm 16, and the looming threat of deseases and teen pregnancy are everywhere. I finished the book in less than a day, and couldn't stop reading. It makes you reconsider your own past decisions. I really hope there will be a sequel.
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Posted Sat Dec 29 00:00:00 EST 2012
Hey im not usually saying this but i think im high or maybe im having one of my horny breakdowns im single , im mexican, im fifteen, i live in texas and my name is ...................jk i dont want a rapist knowing so um just be my nook friend that i probably wont meet and you can be there when i have one of my breakdowns (;
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Posted Fri Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2012
I basically regret reading any of ellen hopkins books. Theyre too mature for 12-14 year olds. She almost encourages teen sex
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Posted Fri Dec 28 00:00:00 EST 2012
This book was amazing even though by the end I was crying like a little girl. It gives the reader a bitter taste of reality andrealize that every story doesn't have a happy ending. Either way its in my top ten next to the book theif!
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Posted Thu Dec 27 00:00:00 EST 2012
This book was absolutely ahmazing. I couldn't put it down from the second that I started reading it. Ellen Hopkins does a wonderful job of captivating you and pulling you into the story so deeply and so quickly that you have no choice but to keep reading! As if you'd want to do anything else! I am someone who just flies through books, particularly love stories while looking for love myself, and I have to say that this is one of, if not THE best book I've come across so far. I'd recommend it to anybody and everybody, because I feel like this is a book where all people can connect to in some way. I will be waiting at the edge of my seat for a sequel, I can hardly wait! Ellen Hopkins, this is WONDERFUL, give us more!!!
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Posted Sun Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2012
Im in love with this book. Ellen is a very talented writer and i agree with many of u she writes about real world topics. I enjoy romantic novels but i loved this one! Im 12 i understood the book but i wouldnt suggest reading it untill atleast 8th grade.
Make it a point to read this book. Ive also eard that the rest of ellens books are amazingly writen too.
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Posted Fri Nov 30 00:00:00 EST 2012
Ellen Hopkins never fails to make a good story by addressing controversial topics and real life situations. I think this book is so moving (like every one of her books) because it touches on things that could happen to any of us!
This book is about teenagers, but I'd recommend it to anyone.
I also loved how it connects to her other book Triangles but is still a wonderful book and understandable on its own.
I love Ellen Hopkins's books and would tell anyone to read them!!!
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Posted Sat Oct 06 00:00:00 EDT 2012
Tilt is an amazing book I loved it. I loved the story plot. Just amazing
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Posted Thu May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2013
Love comes in all shapes and sizes, but can love last through all of life's complications? Tilt by Ellen Hopkins is a story of the good and bad aspects of young love. Three teenagers all fall in love but it is no walk in the park for them. Mikayla, a seventeen year old has everything going for her and is madly in love with her boyfriend, Dylan. But, when she becomes pregnant will he stay? Harley, a fourteen year old just entering high school gets involved with an older boy that spells trouble. The peer pressure and destruction that she experiences might just make her want to act her own age again. Shane, a sixteen year old finally feels comfortable enough with himself to come out about who he really is. He falls in love with his boyfriend, Alex, but when family troubles erupt will they make it through? My favorite character was Harley because she was the most relatable to me. We are both freshman entering a whole new world with all sorts of dangers; however I chose not to participate in these activities.
This is a very modern story that I feel a lot of people could relate to or understand. Many people have been involved in peer pressure, and fear of what others will think. Harley went along with her boyfriend never really saying no to him because she wanted him to be proud of her. Teenage pregnancy has also become a relevant dilemma in modern society, and leaves a lot of pregnant teens not knowing what to do. Mikayla has the difficult decision of choosing whether to keep her baby or keep her boyfriend because he didn’t want to stay if she went through with it. Gay right have also become an important topic in todays society and has given people the voice to come out without complete fear of what others will thing. Shane had hidden the fact that he liked men until he finally came out at sixteen and although it was not easy for him it helped him find love.
I really enjoyed this book because it was relevant and relatable. The author did a very good job at the characterization because they were extremely believable and you could almost feel like you knew the characters. She switches the point of view between all three characters which gives you a good insight into each of there lives and shows how they are all connected. The resolution was a bit too brief and I wish it could have had a little more clarity, but it did give the reader a inference into what was going to happen after the book. My favorite part in the book was in the beginning when everyone is happy and in love and everything is going well, but my least favorite is when it gets too depressing and there seems like no hope.
This book is defiantly a book that I would recommend to someone else. I would recommend it to people that like more recent books because the problems are relevant now more than it use to be. Also they would have to be mature because it does have some mature subjects in it that might be disturbing to younger readers. Anyone that wants to take a look more at the recent problems that teens can see almost everyday this is a book you should read. It also has some aspect of troubled family life that can be relatable to more people.
Anonymous
Posted Mon Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2013
Ellen Hopkins has to be my all time favorite writer. I could not put that book down even if I wanted to! Her free write style makes it easier to stay intune with the changing of events between characters, and her flow as usual was just amazing!
Only bad things I could say was that it can be slightly predictable at times and in the "Crank" series she set up the characters to each look completely different from one another however in "Tilt" that was not set up as well and can be confusing.
Anonymous
Posted Sat Apr 27 00:00:00 EDT 2013
I absolutley love ellen hopkins book and this book did not, dissapoint. However the end was so annoying! None of the three charcters stories were wrapped up and it was left open to interpretation for pretty nuch everyone
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Overview
Love—good and bad—forces three teens’ worlds to tilt in a riveting novel from New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins.
Three teens, three stories—all interconnected through their parents’ family relationships. As the adults pull away, caught up in their own dilemmas, the lives of the teens begin to tilt….
Mikayla, almost eighteen, is over-the-top in love with Dylan, who loves her back jealously. But ...