Whitney hooks up with Lucas at one of Kyra’s performances and they hit it off, but she still worries about committing to the relationship with him. Whitney is disconnected with her mother and likes when her dad is home since she sees him as her hero. The fourth character, Whitney Lang, lives with her mother, while her father works and lives in another city nearby and her sister, Kyra, attends college. Jack hasn’t been feeling well, and Cody starts to drink. The third character, Cody Bennett, doesn’t know who his biological father is and spends his time with his step-father Jack. He meets Loren and is catapulted into a new kind of relationship. Seth struggles with identifying his sexuality after he breaks up with his girlfriend, Janet Winkler. The second character, Seth Parnell, lives with his father after his mother died from cancer a year and a half earlier. Her only problem is trying to keep their relationship a secret from her parents. But for Eden, that doesn’t matter with Andrew, her boyfriend. Being a daughter of a minister also comes with expectations, such as not having sex until marriage and marrying men within the Christian faith. The first character, Eden Streit, lives with her father, mother, and younger sister, Eve.
In the novel Tricks, the story begins with five teenagers, all residing in various parts of the United States. It has been banned in some places due to its references to drug use, sexual themes and language. It is noted for its gritty realism in addressing issues of sexual activity and drug use for a young adult readership. It tells the converging narratives of five troubled teenage protagonists.
Just like so much of life.Tricks is a young adult verse novel by Ellen Hopkins, released in August 2009. 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?"Ī brilliant achievement from New York Times best-selling author Ellen Hopkins, who has been called "the best-selling living poet in the country" by, Tricks is a book that turns you on and repels you at the same time. 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.įive 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.
for freedom, safety, community, family, love. All living their lives as best they can, but all searching. When all choice is taken from you, life becomes a game of survival.įive teenagers from different parts of the country.
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