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Hopkins, Ellen

Tricks

627 pp. | McElderry | August, 2009 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4169-5007-3 $18.99
(4) YA Written in Hopkins's trademark style--largely free-verse poems that make use of broken lines, double columns, linked phrases, and other devices--this hefty volume follows five teenagers as they flee troubled families and fall into prostitution. Each character is sympathetic with an independent voice. As usual, Hopkins's preference for excess (the more vices and victims the better) pushes the tale toward melodrama.
Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac

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