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 84-176Chapter Summaries & Analyses
Chapter 84 Summary: “A Poem by Whitney Lang: Scream”
Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of child sexual abuse, antigay bias, substance use, addiction, illness, self-harm, and sexual content.
In Whitney’s poem, she asks an unnamed person if her tears and pain upset the person who watches her cry.
Chapter 85 Summary: “I Despise Shopping”
Whitney goes shopping with her friend Paige. Paige asks if Whitney and Lucas have had sex yet.
Chapter 86 Summary: “We Both Know”
Paige does not drop the topic and asks her how far she and Lucas have gone together. Whitney describes how they almost got caught at her house the other day.
