{"product_id":"tricks-ellen-hopkins-9781416950073","title":"Tricks","description":"\u003cb\u003eFive troubled teenagers fall into prostitution as they search for freedom, safety, community, family, and love in this #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling novel from Ellen Hopkins.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"When all choice is taken from you, life becomes a game of survival.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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?\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A brilliant achievement from \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author Ellen Hopkins -- who has been called \"the bestselling living poet in the country\" by mediabistro.com -- \u003ci\u003eTricks\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that turns you on and repels you at the same time. Just like so much of life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ellen Hopkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1416950079\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416950073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret K. McElderry Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/25\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.21h x 5.43w x 1.98d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.8\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e132234 \/ Tricks\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Colorado Blue Spruce Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Review - Children\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/20\/2009 pg. 141\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2009 pg. 62\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2009 pg. 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2010 pg. 98 - Below Average, With Minor Flaw\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/31\/2015 pg. 48","brand":"Ellen Hopkins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44051820282111,"sku":"9781416950073","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ed1f6362-e1a7-44d4-8a56-92fa2ac870a9.jpg?v=1685015362","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tricks-ellen-hopkins-9781416950073","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}