Somebody's Daughter: The Hidden Story of America's Prostituted Children and the Battle to Save Them [Paperback]

Shocking and gritty, this work contains firsthand accounts of terror and abuse from prostituted children—and the law enforcement officers and community activists working to save them. While detailing the necessity for substantive legal and cultural change on the national level in regard to prostitution, pimps, and children’s rights, this book also provides encouraging stories of new, pioneering law enforcement initiatives and child-recovery strategies reaping positive results in urban areas inundated with children victimized by sexual exploitation and violence, such as Las Vegas, Atlantic City, New York City, Phoenix, and Dallas. This updated paperback edition includes a new, four-page afterword by the author, with updates on new laws and initiatives and follow-ups on some of the young women discussed in the book. A call to awareness and action for parents, legislators, and educators, this examination exposes this country’s dirty secret.

If you ever watchedPretty Woman and wondered how Julia Roberts got out on street in the first place—read this book.Somebody's Daughterexposes 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.   —Laura J. Lederer, president, Global Centurion, former senior advisor on trafficking, U.S. Department of State

Unsettling, uncomfortable, unforgettable. Every parent should readSomebody's Daughter, and then share this book with their teen. Knowledge is power.   —Ellen Hopkins, author,Tricks and Fallout

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