This gripping new work of verse by a New York Times-bestselling author tells five moving accounts that remain separate at first, then interweave to tell a larger, powerful story--a tale about making choices, taking leaps of faith, falling down, and growing up.
Just like so much of life..
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? A brilliant achievement from New York Times best-selling author Ellen Hopkins -- who has been called the bestselling living poet in the country by mediabistro.com -- Tricks is a book that turns you on and repels you at the same time.
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.
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.
All living their lives as best they can, but all searching...for freedom, safety, community, family, love.
Some with no one at all.
Some from great families.
Some poor.
Some rich.
One gay.
Four straight.
Two guys.
Three girls.
Five teenagers from different parts of the country.
When all choice is taken from you, life becomes a game of survival.
Five troubled teenagers fall into prostitution as they search for freedom, safety, community, family, and love in this #1 New York Times bestselling novel from Ellen Hopkins.
This gripping new work of verse by a New York Times-bestselling author tells five moving accounts that remain separate at first, then interweave to tell a larger, powerful story--a tale about making choices, taking leaps of faith, falling down, and growing up