Sex Slaves : The Trafficking of Women in Asia Maud Hart Lovelace Award for Grades 6–8 (2009) with their birth mother

with their birth mother

or the way her Wall Street boyfriend treats her

and her eventful life becomes the creative inspiration Ben has always sought for his novel

This book is about ‘it can be done’

the story of the crucial battle for freedom of speech

Sex Slaves : The Trafficking of Women in Asia Maud Hart Lovelace Award for Grades 6–8 (2009) with their birth motherTrafficking in human beings for the sex industry has been practised for centuries. What is new is the scale of the trade, the ages of those involved and the organization applied to the marketing. This text looks behind the wholesomeness of "Asian values" and takes a controversial approach to the sex industry by viewing it as a product of Asian cultural values. There are interviews with sex workers, their families, clients and the staff of the