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Tricks

by Ellen Hopkins

The Tricks series by Ellen Hopkins has 2 known books (2 published) and 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
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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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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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