{"id":93,"date":"2023-11-11T18:11:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T18:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2023-11-19T20:50:39","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T20:50:39","slug":"tricks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/?page_id=93","title":{"rendered":"TRICKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-221 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/tricks-9781481498241_hr.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"610\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/tricks-9781481498241_hr.jpg 405w, https:\/\/ellenhopkinsbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/tricks-9781481498241_hr-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 405px) 100vw, 405px\" \/><span style=\"color: #808080;\">ABOUT THE BOOK<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>I am honored to say that Tricks debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List, in its very first week. Thanks so much to my fabulous readers for their continued and growing support! I couldn\u2019t have done it without you. Tricks tells the story of five very different young people, from five very different parts of the country, who fall into prostitution for five very different reasons. For all of them, as for most real teen prostitutes, it boils down to one simple thing: survival.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">BOOK TRAILER<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A new novel from Ellen Hopkins: Tricks book trailer\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ctaD6XeKWaU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>BOOK EXCERPT<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<div  class=\"lgc-column lgc-grid-parent lgc-grid-50 lgc-tablet-grid-50 lgc-mobile-grid-100 lgc-equal-heights \"><div  class=\"inside-grid-column\">\n<h5 style=\"text-align: left;\">EDEN<\/h5>\n<p>Mirror Mirror<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">When I look into a<\/p>\n<p>Life<br \/>\nwas radical<br \/>\nright after I met<br \/>\nthe monster.<br \/>\nLater, life<br \/>\nbecame<\/p>\n<p>harder,<br \/>\ncomplicated.<br \/>\nUltimately,<br \/>\na living<br \/>\nhell,<br \/>\nlike swimming<br \/>\nagainst a riptide,<br \/>\nwalking<br \/>\nthe wrong<br \/>\ndirection in the fast<br \/>\nlane of the freeway,<br \/>\nwaking<br \/>\nfrom sweetest<br \/>\ndreams to find yourself<br \/>\nin the middle of a<br \/>\nnightmare.<br \/>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class=\"lgc-column lgc-grid-parent lgc-grid-50 lgc-tablet-grid-50 lgc-mobile-grid-100 lgc-equal-heights \"><div  class=\"inside-grid-column\">\n<h5>AS FOR MY BODY<\/h5>\n<p>It\u2019s battered, scraped, bruised. The Tears<br \/>\nof Zion shift looks about a hundred years old.<\/p>\n<p>I did spend a few bucks at the Salvation Army.<br \/>\nBought a used skirt, two tank tops. Underwear.<\/p>\n<p>I hate to think who used them, or why they gave<br \/>\nthem away. But they only cost a dime a piece.<\/p>\n<p>I stink, too. I\u2019ve managed a four or five showers,<br \/>\nwhen the man of the hour wanted to spring for<\/p>\n<p>a motel room. More often, it\u2019s the seat of his car.<br \/>\nQuick and easy, five minutes or less. No emotion.<\/p>\n<p>No pain. And the weirdest thing is, I\u2019m not<br \/>\nthe least bit embarrassed about doing it anymore.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the worst part. That, and when my brain<br \/>\ninsists on remembering Andrew. Thinking<\/p>\n<p>about how he held me, rained his love down<br \/>\nall around me, brings devouring pain.<\/p>\n<p>So I\u2019ll think instead about the coming night, where<br \/>\nI might peddle the remaining tatters of my soul.<br \/>\nthe monster.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<h3>REVIEW FOR TRICKS<\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h5>REVIEWS FROM PUBLISHERS WEEKLY:<\/h5>\n<p>Hopkins again tackles a serious societal problem, this time focusing on teen prostitution. Fans of her work will recognize both her signature free verses and the gritty details she weaves within them. Newcomers, however, may be shocked by the graphic depictions of five struggling teens who find themselves turning tricks (one realizes her mother has sold her \u201cfor a good time\u201d with a stranger, while another recounts \u201cpretending to enjoy&#8230; deviant sex\u201d to earn the trust of a guard at an ultra-strict religious rehabilitation camp). Some plotting seems clich\u00e9d, such as the story of a preacher&#8217;s daughter from Idaho, whose mother banishes her to the Tears of Zion camp after catching her with her boyfriend. While each story unfolds slowly, readers will understand the protagonists&#8217; desperation as well as their complete powerlessness once their descents have begun. Each story is unique (one teen needs money, another was thrown out because of his sexuality, still another was simply looking for love from the wrong person); while readers may connect with some characters more than others, they will long remember each painful story. Ages 14\u2013up. (Aug.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ABOUT THE BOOK I am honored to say that Tricks debuted at #1 on the New York Times Bestseller List, in its very first week. Thanks so much to my fabulous readers for their continued and growing support! I couldn\u2019t have done it without you. Tricks tells the story of five very different young people, from five very different parts of the country, who fall into prostitution for five very different reasons. For all of them, as for most real teen prostitutes, it boils down to one simple thing: survival. BOOK TRAILER BOOK EXCERPT REVIEW FOR TRICKS REVIEWS FROM PUBLISHERS WEEKLY: Hopkins again tackles a serious societal problem, this time focusing on teen prostitution. Fans of her work will recognize both her signature free verses and the gritty details she weaves within them. Newcomers, however, may be shocked by the graphic depictions of five struggling teens who find themselves turning tricks (one realizes her mother has sold her \u201cfor a good time\u201d with a stranger, while another recounts \u201cpretending to enjoy&#8230; deviant sex\u201d to earn the trust of a guard at an ultra-strict religious rehabilitation camp). Some plotting seems clich\u00e9d, such as the story of a preacher&#8217;s daughter from Idaho, whose mother banishes her to the Tears of Zion camp after catching her with her boyfriend. While each story unfolds slowly, readers will understand the protagonists&#8217; desperation as well as their complete powerlessness once their descents have begun. Each story is unique (one teen needs money, another was thrown out because of his sexuality, still another was simply looking for love from the wrong person); while readers may connect with some characters more than others, they will long remember each painful story. Ages 14\u2013up. 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