Tricks
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Five teenagers from different parts of the country. Three girls. Two guys. Four straight. One gay. Some rich. Some poor. Some from great families. Some with no one at all. All living their lives as best they can, but all searching . . . for freedom, safety, community, family, love. What they don’t expect, though, is all that can happen when those powerful little words, “I love you,” are said for all the wrong reasons. These are five moving stories that remain separate at first, then weave together to tell a larger, more powerful story–a story about making choices, taking leaps of faith, falling down, and growing up. And figuring out what sex and love are all about.
TRICKS is informed and inspired by living near Las Vegas–a big teen prostitution scene–and by the fact that teen prostitution is not exclusively the result of kids running away from abuse. Kids from “better” families are selling themselves for hefty sums in order to finance addictions or even just to buy jewelry or clothing. In some cases, parents prostitute their children for the same reason. So what happens to the kids who are asking themselves, and asking us, “Can I ever feel OK about myself?”
Highly charged, TRICKS is a gripping experience that turns you on and repels you at the same time.
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Tricks is about 5 teenagers, 3 girls and 2 boys, who, through some way or another, fall into prostitution. I won't go into the backgrounds of each of them, but my gut especially wrenched for Eden and Ginger. First, I liked the typical Ellen Hopkins format of using verse and structuring the story by rotating between characters. I thought the stories all flowed into each other nicely and smoothly. With that being said, I'll read Traffick, but I don't think I want to read a 5 points of view book again. Second, I thought the way Seth's sexuality was written/treated wasn't the best. I'm giving Ellen the benefit of the doubt here, and I don't believe she would do this on purpose, but the way this specific plot point was handled felt icky/uncomfortable/not handled well. "Lucky me. I found the right kind of love. With the wrong person."
Description
Five teenagers from different parts of the country. Three girls. Two guys. Four straight. One gay. Some rich. Some poor. Some from great families. Some with no one at all. All living their lives as best they can, but all searching . . . for freedom, safety, community, family, love. What they don’t expect, though, is all that can happen when those powerful little words, “I love you,” are said for all the wrong reasons. These are five moving stories that remain separate at first, then weave together to tell a larger, more powerful story–a story about making choices, taking leaps of faith, falling down, and growing up. And figuring out what sex and love are all about.
TRICKS is informed and inspired by living near Las Vegas–a big teen prostitution scene–and by the fact that teen prostitution is not exclusively the result of kids running away from abuse. Kids from “better” families are selling themselves for hefty sums in order to finance addictions or even just to buy jewelry or clothing. In some cases, parents prostitute their children for the same reason. So what happens to the kids who are asking themselves, and asking us, “Can I ever feel OK about myself?”
Highly charged, TRICKS is a gripping experience that turns you on and repels you at the same time.
Book Information
Posts
Tricks is about 5 teenagers, 3 girls and 2 boys, who, through some way or another, fall into prostitution. I won't go into the backgrounds of each of them, but my gut especially wrenched for Eden and Ginger. First, I liked the typical Ellen Hopkins format of using verse and structuring the story by rotating between characters. I thought the stories all flowed into each other nicely and smoothly. With that being said, I'll read Traffick, but I don't think I want to read a 5 points of view book again. Second, I thought the way Seth's sexuality was written/treated wasn't the best. I'm giving Ellen the benefit of the doubt here, and I don't believe she would do this on purpose, but the way this specific plot point was handled felt icky/uncomfortable/not handled well. "Lucky me. I found the right kind of love. With the wrong person."