97 pages • 3 hours read
Ellen HopkinsTricks
Fiction | Novel | YA | Published in 2009A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Chapters 339-425Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 339 Summary: “A Poem by Eden Streit: Shrinking”
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of child sexual abuse, antigay bias, substance use, addiction, graphic violence, and illness.
In Eden’s poem, she describes how she feels like she is shrinking from within, and she does not know how to stop.
Chapter 340 Summary: “They Say Freedom Isn’t Free”
Eden wakes up to Jerome opening the door to help her escape. They get into Jerome’s car and drive away.
Chapter 341 Summary: “Old Malibus”
Jerome stops at a gas station and goes inside. Eden tries calling Andrew on Jerome’s cell phone, but the number is no longer in service. Eden tosses Jerome’s keys in the back and gets out of the car. She tells him that she is going to go to the bathroom. When Jerome’s back is turned, she ducks into the back of a truck.
