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Tricks

by Ellen Hopkins

The Tricks series by Ellen Hopkins has 2 known books (2 published). It is best read in publication order, starting with Tricks (2009).

Books
2 known books (2 novels)
Published
2
First published
2009
Status
completed
Shelved under
Young Adult
Start here: Tricks (2009) — then read straight through in publication order.
Book one
Cover of Tricks
Tricks (2009)

Reading order

The date order of published books and any announced future entries — the default way to read the series.

  1. Tricks

    Novel
    Ellen Hopkins's Tricks (2009), a 656-page verse novel, follows five teenagers -- Eden, Seth, Whitney, Ginger and Cody -- as each ends up selling their bodies, exploring how ordinary teenage vulnerabilities get exploited into sex trafficking.
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  2. Traffick

    Novel
    Traffick, the long-awaited sequel, arrived six years later in 2015 at 505 pages, following the same five characters afterward to ask whether any of them can find a way out of the life.
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Key facts about the Tricks series

The Tricks series has 2 books on our list. Since all 2 are out now, you can read the whole list today.

Start with Tricks, since it opens the publication order in 2009. Traffick is book 2, from 2015.

Each title links to its own page, while the list keeps them in date order. Each book page shows its dates and editions. Since the catalogue marks the series as complete, we list no next book.

The books came out between 2009 and 2015, while their length runs from 505 to 656 pages. That is a run of 6 years.

Ellen Hopkins has 21 books on our list. Additionally, they write Crank, Burned and Impulse, plus 1 more series. We shelve the books under young_adult.

About the Tricks series

Five teenagers -- Eden, a preacher's daughter; Seth, a gay farm boy disowned by his father; Whitney, a privileged kid drawn in by a pimp's attention; Ginger, a runaway arrested for soliciting an undercover cop; and Cody, whose gambling debts force his hand -- each end up selling their bodies in Tricks (2009), Ellen Hopkins's verse novel about how ordinary teenage vulnerabilities get exploited into sex trafficking. Traffick (2015), the long-awaited sequel, follows the same five characters afterward, asking whether any of them can actually find a way out of the life.

Hopkins researched the book extensively with survivors and advocacy organizations, and the duology is frequently used in anti-trafficking education alongside its life as a bestselling YA verse novel.

Frequently asked questions

How many books are in the Tricks series?

Two: Tricks (2009) and Traffick (2015).

What is the Tricks duology about?

Five teenagers from different backgrounds who each end up in sex trafficking, and their attempts -- in the sequel, Traffick -- to escape it.

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