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"Masterful, absorbing… To date the most definitive account
of sex trafficking of children and the culture that supports it. "
- Norma Ramos,
Executive Director of Coalition Against Trafficking of Women
"A thorough, deeply affecting study … Strikes a rare
balance between revealing trauma and hope, and between the stories of
abused children and their advocates."
- Publishers Weekly
SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER:
The Hidden Story of America's Prostituted Children
and the Battle to Save Them
They are America's forgotten children: the hundreds of thousands of child
prostitutes who walk the "tracks" -- the Las Vegas Strip, the
casinos of Atlantic City, the truck stops on interstates and the street
corners of our cities. Most people wrongly believe sex trafficking involves
young women from foreign lands but the vast majority of teens caught in
the sex trade are American girls -- the runaways and the throwaways few
people care about. They become victims of ruthless pimps whose lifestyle
is often glorified in the media and in the rap music scene.
From the streets of Dallas where the police have set up a pioneering
High Risk Victims Unit to the glittering casinos of Las Vegas and Atlantic
City where the FBI's "Innocence Lost" investigators try to dismantle
major pimping criminal enterprises, Somebody's Daughter takes you
behind the scenes to expose one of America's most under-reported crimes:
the trafficking of American girls on American streets.
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"Unsettling, uncomfortable, unforgettable. Every parent should
read and then share this book with their teen."
- Ellen Hopkins, author of Tricks and Fallout
"Masterful, absorbing… To date the most definitive account
of sex trafficking of children and the culture that supports it. "
- Norma Ramos,
Executive Director of Coalition Against Trafficking of Women
"A brutally honest look into the hidden world of prostituted
children in the United States. A compelling book that will touch hearts
and minds and inspire people to take action."
- Rachel Durchslag,
Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation
"If you ever watched Pretty Woman and wondered how Julia
Roberts got out on street in the first place - read this book. Somebody's
Daughter exposes the grit behind the glamour, the exploitation behind
the elegance, and the violence and abuse that are the true story of the
women and children hurt on our own streets, in our own cities in America.
When you read it, it will make you angry...not just about the pain and
suffering, but about the lies in our society that perpetuate and normalize
these crimes."
-Laura J. Lederer,
Global Centurion,
Former Senior Advisor on Trafficking, U.S. Department of State
"Parents every day suffer the anxiety and sorrow of a daughter
or son who has runaway or is missing. There are few books as well-written,
insightful and motivating as Somebody's Daughter. Julian Sher in his extraordinarily
masterful manner, has brought out the truth of this well-organized, under-recognized
and continuously growing threat to children in America."
-Dr. Sharon W. Cooper,
Consultant, National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
"Julian Sher's powerful, compelling book will awaken a nation
to the fact that the sexual trafficking of children does not just happen
somewhere else, it is happening in the United States and the victims are
American kids. Yet, as riveting and disturbing as this book is, it is
also uplifting and hopeful. Julian showcases some modern-day heroes whose
courageous efforts are rescuing kids and bringing those who prey upon
them to justice. It is inspiring. We need more such heroes."
-Ernie Allen,
President,National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
"(A) thorough, deeply affecting study … While the horror
stories of the young girls "in the life" are vividly recounted,
the author depicts them with sensitivity and respect; and his book strikes
a rare balance between revealing trauma and hope, and between the stories
of abused children and their advocates"
-Publishers Weekly
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