This reading guide for Tricks by Ellen Hopkins includes information about the book and author, a pre-reading activity, discussion questions, and activities to supplement reading instruction. Tricks examines sexuality and prostitution through interweaving vignettes about five teenagers with different backgrounds and common needs.
Tricks Reading Group Guide
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Tricks
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?"
