Book : Traffick - Hopkins, Ellen

-Titulo Original : Traffick

-Fabricante :

Margaret K. McElderry Books

-Descripcion Original:

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. Heartwrenching 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. From School Library Journal Gr 10 Up-In this sequel to Tricks (S. & S., 2009), the author revisits the lives of five very different young adults who ended up victims of sex trafficking in Las Vegas. Hopkins spares no details while relaying the dire circumstances Eden, Seth, Whitney, Ginger, and Cody experienced and yet still manages to infuse each characters story with hope. The protagonists have to decide what their futures will hold and how much they want to fight to get there. Reading the first novel is not necessary, as enough backstory is provided. However, some readers may prefer to understand the teens path to sex trafficking before reading this story of redemption. Hopkins clearly has done her research, as detailed in an authors note, and the stories carry even more weight when readers realize that this is the reality many children and teens face. Hopkinss use of free verse allows the raw emotion to shine through, and mature teens will hang on to every word. VERDICT Ordering is a must for libraries where the first was popular. Recommended widely for older YA readers.-Kelly Jo Lasher, Middle Township High School, Cape May Court House, NJ Review Hopkins’s use of free verse allows the raw emotion to shine through, and mature teens will hang on to every word... Recommended widely for older YA readers. School Library Journal Hopkins’ undeniable empathyfor young people remains sincere and moving. Booklist Mature readers will...cry when reading this work. -- School Library Connection About the Author Ellen Hopkins is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of numerous young adult novels, as well as the adult novels such as Triangles, Collateral, and Love Lies Beneath. She lives with her family in Carson City, Nevada, where she has founded Ventana Sierra, a nonprofit youth housing and resource initiative. Follow her on Twitter at @EllenHopkinsLit. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Traffick A Poem by Cody Bennett Can’t Find The courage to leap the brink, free-fall beyond the precipice, hurtle toward the abyss, end the pain. Mine. Mom’s. Oh, she’d feel the initial sting, cry for a day or two, but it would be short-lived, a quick stab of grief. Finite. A satin-lined coffin and cool, deep hole are preferable to walking a treadmill over a carpet of coals, enduring the blistering, skin-cracking flames of this living hell.