In the heart-tugging, Kleenex-pulling sequel to the 2009 Tricks, Ellen Hopkins takes readers back to Eden, Seth, Whitney, Ginger, and Cody and their lives as she picks up almost immediately where Tricks leaves off. While it’s not necessary for readers to have read Tricks recently, or even to have read it at all, it does help to have a […]
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A Higher Standard
I grew up in a sports house. Neither my dad nor anyone on his side played, nor did anyone on my mom’s, but come Sunday, the TV was either on NASCAR or The Bears game. I grew up with Dale “The Intimidator” Earnhardt, Richard Petty, Bill Elliott, and Dale Jarrett. We knew the names and numbers […]