This week's reflection is about a book called Girls Like Us and is written by Rachel Lloyd. The cover also says "fight for a world where girls aren't for sale." After reading that title I had a feeling that this book would be about girls into prostitution at a young age and after reading the prologue I sadly realized that I was right in my prediction. The prologue begins with a description of a girl who likes swimming, SpongeBob, Mexican food, writing poetry, and having her nails painted. To a normal person this seems like a normal description for a little girl, but normal is not the word to describe this girl because this little girl was trafficked (or prostituted) by her 29 year old pimp on Craigslist to grown men. When I read this I automatically felt like someone had taken a pin and pricked my chest because I remember being eleven and enjoying having my nails painted and eating Mexican food. I was a normal, happy little girl, but the same couldn't be said for the girl mentioned above. The author of the book talks about starting a non-profit organization called Girls Education and Mentoring Services (GEMS) because she was a victim of child trafficking, but she was able to free herself from her past and start her own organization so she could to be able to defend the girls who were going through what he did. This book is Rachel's memoir and chronicles the events in her life that led her to become the person she is today. The first chapter, titled Learning, begins with a quote and says, “Child sexual exploitation is the most hidden form of child abuse in the United States and North America today. It is the nation's least recognized epidemic.” This quote tells me that this is a crime that is committed under the radar before anyone is caught... middle of paper... child trafficking victims the reason I say that is because when Rachel Lloyd says she's saying that the only person she feels safe with is the person who is the source of her fears. She is saying that the only person who can dry her tears is the man who is her pimp. It is sad because these girls are so young that when they get involved in the world of child trafficking they think that someone beating them or selling them to an older man is a way of showing love and this is not the case at all. These girls have the wrong idea of ​​what it means to feel safe Rachel Lloyd's book is truly a call to action because her book states that child trafficking is real and it is something that needs to be stopped right now because there are no victims yet and they need to know theirs. idea of ​​security is absolutely not its true meaning.