This week's reflection is on a book called Girls Like Us and is written by Rachel Lloyd. The cover also says “fighting for a world where girls are not for sale”. After reading this title, I had a feeling that this book was going to be about girls entering prostitution at a young age and after reading the prologue, I sadly realized that I was correct in my prediction. The prologue begins with the description of a girl who likes to swim, SpongeBob. , Mexican food, writing poetry and having your nails painted. To a normal person this sounds like a normal description for a little girl, but normal is not the adjective to describe this girl because this little girl was trafficked (or prostituted) by her 29 year old pimp on Craiglist among adult men. When I read this I automatically felt like someone took a pin and pricked me in the chest because I remember being eleven and loving getting my nails painted and eating food Mexican. 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 break free from her past and create her organization in order to to be able to stand up for girls who are going through what she went through. 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 that says: “Child sexual exploitation is the most hidden form of child abuse in the United States and North America today. “It’s the least recognized epidemic in the country.” This quote tells me that this is a crime that is committed under the radar before someone is arrested... middle of paper ... child trafficking victims. The reason I say this is because when Rachel Lloyd says this she is saying that the only person she feels safe with is the person who is the source of her fears. She says the only person who can wipe away her tears is her pimp. It's sad because these girls are so young when they get caught up in the world of child trafficking, they think someone hitting them or selling them to an older man is a way of showing their love and that is not the case at all. These young girls have given a false sense of what it means to feel safe. Rachel Lloyd's book is really a call to action because her book says that child trafficking is real and it's something that needs to be stopped right now because they are still victims and they need to knowing that their idea of ​​security is not by far the true meaning of it..