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| Title | : | Tricks (Tricks #1) |
| Author | : | Ellen Hopkins |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 627 pages |
| Published | : | August 25th 2009 by Margaret K. McElderry Books (first published August 20th 2009) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Poetry. Fiction. Contemporary. Realistic Fiction. LGBT. Teen |
Ellen Hopkins
Hardcover | Pages: 627 pages Rating: 4.29 | 33497 Users | 1761 Reviews
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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. Five moving stories remain separate at first, then interweave to tell a larger, powerful story—a story about making choices, taking leaps of faith, falling down, and growing up. A story about kids figuring out what sex and love are all about, at all costs, while asking themselves, "Can I ever feel okay about myself?"
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| Original Title: | Tricks |
| ISBN: | 1416950079 (ISBN13: 9781416950073) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Tricks #1 |
| Characters: | Eden Streit, Seth Parnell, Whitney Lang, Ginger Cordell, Cody Bennett |
| Setting: | Las Vegas, Nevada(United States) Boise, Idaho(United States) Louisville, Kentucky(United States) …more Perry County, Indiana(United States) Santa Cruz, California(United States) Barstow, California(United States) …less |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Young Adult Fiction (2009) |
Rating Based On Books Tricks (Tricks #1)
Ratings: 4.29 From 33497 Users | 1761 ReviewsAppraise Based On Books Tricks (Tricks #1)
Oh man this book was intense. Was a nightmare! Pretty sure I need therapy after reading this book. This was definitely a hard book to read and I felt really uncomfortable, sick, saddened and somehow I just couldn't stop reading. But I need to go read a happy book now. DAMNIn typical Hopkins fashion, she spends the entire book creating salacious details and very little time with the consequences of her characters actions. Skip it and hid it from young readers!
First of all, let me say I'm about 100 pages from finishing and I just simply can't. It's not that it isn't good. It is. It's just the subject matter is so heartbreaking, terrifying, and too voyeristically gratituous that I can't bring myself to do it. Frankly, the descriptions of the rapes, kids prostituting themselves, etc, were just too much for me...I literally became nauseated. It's the same feeling I got after reading Living Dead Girl. Yes, these are characters, but the fact that you KNOW
Wow! I'm not sure whether it's Hopkins writing style or subject matter that shakes you to your core, or both, but either way, it's nothing short of spectacular and I know that days from now, I will still be thinking about this book. Well, perhaps haunted would be a better term.By the title alone, you can deduce what awaits these characters, a life of teen prostitution, but what you will not expect is the events and choices that will lead them there. It's enlightening and heartbreaking, it will
Tricks tells the stories of 5 teens who find themselves, due to various situations, leading dangerous lives in prostitution and "turning tricks". Eden is from an ultra-conservative and religious family who disapprove of her dating; Seth works with his father on a farm in a rural area and struggles with his homosexuality; Whitney can't seem to live up to her sister or earn her mother's love; Ginger's own mother is addicted to drugs and engages in prostituting herself; and Cody finds himself in
'Twas a bit hard to follow, being told through the perspectives of five different teenagers. I could always remember what was going on with the first two characters, Eden and Seth, but the others got mixed up and forgotten about in my heard sometimes.Overall though, very good book, and it's definitely something everyone should read. It really opens your eyes to some of the horrors that exist in the world. And as always, I loved Ellen Hopkins's writing.
I read this book for the Goodreads' book club: Diversity in All Forms!If you would like to participate in the discussion here is the link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."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
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