Traffick by Ellen Hopkins

Traffick by Ellen Hopkins, 523 pages

Traffick is the follow up book to Tricks.  Written in verse, this teen book follows Eden, Cody, Seth, Ginger, and Whitney as they hit rock bottom in Las Vegas.  Each on a different path of drugs, addiction, and prostitution, this book show what happens when teens make poor choices. Ellen Hopkins writes a very intriguing story and manages to tie the lives of these characters together.

Tricks by Ellen Hopkins

Tricks by Ellen Hopkins, 625 pages

In this first book in this teen angst series by Ellen Hopkins, five teens fall into the dark side of prostitution. Each of these five teens come from very different backgrounds across the United States.  Eden, Cody, Seth, Ginger, Whitney each have a very different story growing up, but they all have a few things in common.  They are each looking to find love and happiness, but what they find is darkness and pain.