The
sequel to “Tricks,” Hopkins’ latest book follows five teenage victims of sex
trafficking — from all walks of life and gender orientations — as they try to
extricate themselves from their current situations and find a new way of life.
TRAFFICK
(Tricks, #2)
By:
Ellen Hopkins
Release
Date: November 3, 2015
Pages:
528
Publisher:
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Five
teens victimized by sex trafficking try to find their way to a new life in this
riveting companion to the New York Times bestselling Tricks from Ellen Hopkins,
author of Crank.
In her bestselling novel, Tricks, Ellen Hopkins
introduced us to five memorable characters tackling these enormous questions:
Eden, the preacher’s daughter who turns tricks in Vegas and is helped into a
child prostitution rescue; Seth, the gay farm boy disowned by his father who
finds himself without money or resources other than his own body; Whitney, the
privileged kid coaxed into the life by a pimp and whose dreams are ruined in a
heroin haze; Ginger, who runs away from home with her girlfriend and is
arrested for soliciting an undercover cop; and Cody, whose gambling habit
forces him into the life, but who is shot and left for dead.
And now, in Traffick, these five are faced with
the toughest question of all: Is there a way out? How these five teenagers face
the aftermath of their decisions and experiences is the soul of this story that
exposes the dark, ferocious underbelly of the child trafficking trade. Heart
wrenching and hopeful, Traffick takes us on five separate but intertwined
journeys through the painful challenges of recovery, rehabilitation, and
renewal to forgiveness and love. All the way home.
About Ellen
Ellen Hopkins is a poet, freelance writer, and
the award-winning author of twenty nonfiction titles and five NY Times
Bestselling novels-in-verse. She has published hundreds of articles on subjects
ranging from aviation to child abuse to winegrowing.
Ellen mentors other writers through her
position as a regional adviser for the Nevada chapter of the Society of
ChildrenÕs Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI).
She is a regular speaker at schools; book
festivals and writers conferences across the US, and now throughout the world.
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My
Thoughts
‘Traffick’
blew me away. This book is a heartwrenching, eye opening, and page turner. I
couldn’t put down ‘Tricks’ and Ellen did it again. I loved this book, all of these
teens have seen things that no one should have to see and now they are faced
with the other side of the coin. Is there is a way out? What are they supposed
to do now? Can they survive going back to the life that pushed them onto the
streets in the first place?
I
felt for all of these characters, I couldn’t even imagine what these teen were
going through, but I felt as if they were taking me with them on their journey
the whole time. The way Ellen writes her books just captivates me in a way no
one else does. When I pick up one of her books, the world disappears.
‘Traffick’
really speaks for itself; the book is s phenomenal read and yet again brings
controversial issues of sex trafficking in teens to the surface of a very blind
society. This happens to people around us every day, but nobody wants to
believe it.
‘Traffick’
is a must read, it’s dark, raw, and emotional, but it is amazing.
*I received this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed in this review are my own. I did not receive compensation for this review.
