IMPULSE by Ellen Hopkins

Over X-mas holiday, i went to Hastings and bought a bunch of books and music. One of the books i bought is IMPULSE by Ellen Hopkins. The only other books by her that i have read is BURNED. But I loved IMPULSE!!!! It is about 3 kids who try to kill themselves. Conner tries to shoot himself, but the bullet didn't kill him. Vanessa cuts herself. One day she cuts too deep. (Again, she doesn't die) And Tony pops pills. (doesn't die also.) Soon they all meet in a Mental Asylum, if you will. TOny begins to have mixed feelings about Vanessa because he is gay. But Conner love Vanessa also. Vanessa begins to lust after Conner, but begins to fall in a love so deep that only her and Tony feels it. Conner just sits and watches. Finally the 3 graduate to level 4 and go on the survival camping trip. Vanessa finally admits to loving tony and he says he loves her too. Conner has stopped taking his pills and is in a deep depression. Nobody can get him out of it. Eventually the camp leaders hand out letters from home. Conner makes his into a papeer airplane and throws it away while Tony is going over to vanessa to read the letters together. The next day the group learns to rock climb. Vanessa climbed up and is soon met by Tony, who picks her up and twirls her. Conner then climbs up and decides it's time to go. He jumps off the cliff (more than 150 ft) and dies. Tony begins to say it is his fault and vanessa comforts him. then they go on a walk and find the paper air plane conner threw into the wind. The End But whats wierd is that I don't even think Conner saw Tony twirl her. But the weight from the letter and being off his pills without anyone but Tony and Vanessa knowing, got him thinking about how nobody cares again. And I know this sounds silly, but R.I.P Conner!! :)