Pick up books about human trafficking, meet and discuss the book and the issue and the ways that your group can help fight human trafficking in your area and in the country. There are several books that cover the issue of human trafficking. We've broken up our list according to the following topics: slavery and its many forms, international labor slavery, domestic servitude, sex trafficking in the United States.
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Featured Book: "Girls Like Us" by Rachel Lloyd
"Powerfully raw, deeply moving, and utterly authentic. Rachel Lloyd has turned a personal atrocity into triumph and is nothing less than a true hero. . . . Never again will you look at young girls on the street as one of 'those' women—you will only see little girls that are girls just like us."
- Demi Moore, actress and activist
"Fortunately, a terrific new book called 'Girls Like Us,' by Rachel Lloyd, herself a trafficking survivor, illuminates the complexities of the sex industry."
- Nicholas Kristof in his New York Times Op/Ed
Read more about "Girls Like Us" here, and purchase it at your local bookstore to drive up the demand for this important book!
Slavery and its Many Forms
International Labor Slavery
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Child Slavery Now: A Contemporary Reader | Gary Craig |
| Escape from Slavery | Francis Bok |
| Girl Soldier: A Story of Hope for Northern Uganda's Children | Faith H. McDonnell and Grace Akallo |
| Global Human Smuggling: Comparative Perspectives | David Kyle |
| Gridlock: Labor, Migration, and Human Trafficking in Dubai | Pardis Mahdavi |
| Iqbal Masih and the Crusaders Against Child Slavery | Susan Kuklin |
| King Leopold's Ghost | Adam Holchschild |
| Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier | Ishmael Beah |
| Slave: My True Story | Mende Naze |
| Trafficking for Begging: Old Game, New Name | Iveta Cherneva |
International Sex Slavery
Domestic Servitude
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| A Promise to Nadia | Zana Muhsen and Andrew Crofts |
| Contemporary Slavery: Researching Child Domestic Servitude | Nana Derby |
| In Contempt of Fate | Beatrice Fernando |
| Sold | Zana Muhsen and Andrew Crofts |
| Without Mercy | Miriam Ali-Jana Wain |
| The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today | Kevin Bales and Ron Soodalter |
Sex Trafficking in the United States
Note: Though these books provide some factual information about pimps and pimping in the United States, some may also glamorize and glorify pimping. While reading, remember that many pimps are sex traffickers under Federal law, using force, fraud, coercion and other forms of power and control to profit from the commercial sexual exploitation of women and children.
| Title | Author |
|---|---|
| Rachel Lloyd | |
| Bishop Don Magic Juan | |
| Human Trafficking in Ohio: Markets, Responses, and Considerations |
Jeremy M. Wilson |
| Pimp | Iceberg Slim |
| Prostitution and Trafficking in Nevada | Melissa Farley |
| The Sacred Bath: An American Teen's Story of Modern Day Slavery | Theresa Flores |
| Shame: The Story of a Pimp | Joseph B. Haggerty Sr |
| The Slave Across the Street | Theresa Flores and Peggy Sue Wells |
| Somebody's Daughter: The Hidden Story of America's Prostituted Children and the Battle to Save Them | Julian Sher |
