Book List

Survivor stories, prevention guidance, and works that help readers understand sexual violence, trafficking, and modern slavery.

All links verified August 1, 2026. Where a title is available in languages other than English, it is noted under Translations. Titles without a translation note are, to the best of current verification, published in English only.

Survivor Stories & Firsthand Accounts

Sold — Patricia McCormack
This poignant, bestselling verse novel gives voice to a young girl robbed of her childhood yet determined to find the strength to triumph.
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Walking Prey: How America’s Youth Are Vulnerable to Sex Slavery — Holly Austin Smith
Written by a survivor trafficked at age 14, this book blends personal experience and research to show how media consumption and cultural factors make middle-class American youth increasingly vulnerable to grooming and sex trafficking.
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I Walked Through Fire to Get Here — Megan Conner
In this honest memoir, survivor Megan Conner recounts escaping lifelong abusive systems—including sex trafficking, toxic family dynamics, and cult-like environments—while offering hope and practical guidance for others.
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Faraway: A Suburban Boy’s Story as a Victim of Sex Trafficking — R.K. Kline & Daniel D. Maurer
This memoir tells the true 1970s story of suburban teenager R. Kevin Kline, who was lured into child sex trafficking, exploring themes of betrayal, trauma, faith, and resilience.
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I Cried to Dream Again: Trafficking, Murder, and Deliverance – A Memoir — Sara Kruzan & Cori Thomas
Sara Kruzan’s raw memoir details her childhood trafficking, killing her captor at age 16, wrongful life sentence, eventual pardon, and lifelong fight for justice and advocacy for other survivors.
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Girls Like Us: Fighting for a World Where Girls Are Not for Sale — A Memoir — Rachel Lloyd
A survivor’s memoir of escaping the commercial sex industry and founding GEMS (Girls Educational & Mentoring Services) in New York to help other girls out of “the life.”
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The Slave Across the Street — Theresa Flores
The true account of an all-American 15-year-old trafficked into a sex ring while living at home in an upper-middle-class Detroit suburb, her parents never knowing.
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God in a Brothel: An Undercover Journey into Sex Trafficking and Rescue — Daniel Walker
This is the true story of an undercover investigator’s personal experiences infiltrating the global sex industry to rescue victims of trafficking.
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Trafficking in War Zones & Conflict

The Last Girl: My Story of Captivity, and My Fight Against the Islamic State — Nadia Murad with Jenna Krajeski
The Nobel Peace Prize winner’s memoir of the 2014 ISIS genocide of the Yazidi people, her captivity in the sexual-slavery trade, and her escape and fight to bring ISIS to justice.
Translations: Widely translated; published in numerous international editions and languages worldwide.
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Stolen Angels: The Kidnapped Girls of Uganda — Kathy Cook
A journalist’s account of the thirty Ugandan schoolgirls abducted by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army in 1996 and forced to become child soldiers and sex slaves—and the mothers and clergy who fought to bring them home.
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Disaster & Institutional Trafficking

Orphanage Trafficking in International Law — Kathryn E. van Doore
The first comprehensive legal study of how children are funneled into orphanages and exploited for profit—the mechanism behind the surge in child trafficking after disasters such as the Haiti earthquake, where fake “orphans” are trafficked or illegally adopted.
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Prevention, Action & Advocacy

Sex Trafficking Prevention: A Trauma-Informed Approach for Parents and Professionals — Savannah Sanders
This guide equips parents, teachers, coaches, and professionals with trauma-informed tools to recognize early signs of vulnerability and proactively prevent sex trafficking before it occurs.
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Eradicating Human Trafficking: A Transformative Approach through Collective Impact — Brittany C. Dunn & Bill Woolf
This book offers practical, actionable strategies and a holistic framework for policymakers, law enforcement, and communities to identify, intervene in, and ultimately eradicate human trafficking through collective impact.
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In Our Backyard: Human Trafficking in America and What We Can Do to Stop It — Nita Belles
Through true stories and practical experience, this book teaches readers about human trafficking in the United States and provides actionable steps to fight it and protect vulnerable people.
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Understanding Trafficking & Modern Slavery

Blood and Earth: Modern Slavery, Ecocide, and the Secret to Saving the World — Kevin Bales
Kevin Bales connects modern slavery with environmental destruction through global interviews, history, and data, revealing how the two crises reinforce each other and proposing solutions to heal both people and the planet.
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Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy — Kevin Bales (Updated Edition)
Kevin Bales investigates modern slavery in countries such as Pakistan, Thailand, Brazil, and India, showing how it is deeply linked to the global economy and how people have become “disposable” slaves.
Translations: German, Norwegian, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Korean, Arabic, Japanese, and Polish.
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The Slave Next Door: Human Trafficking and Slavery in America Today — Kevin Bales & Ron Soodalter
This book exposes the reality of human trafficking and slavery existing right now in the United States, often hidden in plain sight in everyday places like restaurants and stores.
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Migrant Crossings: Witnessing Human Trafficking in the US — Annie Isabel Fukushima
This book examines the trafficking of Asian and Latinx migrants in U.S. informal economies and service industries, analyzing legal barriers, media portrayals, and the “perfect victim” myth that hinders justice and asylum.
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Human Trafficking Around the World: Hidden in Plain Sight — Stephanie Hepburn & Rita J. Simon
This unprecedented study examines sex trafficking, forced labor, organ trafficking, and sex tourism across twenty-four nations, highlighting the experiences of victims, perpetrators, and anti-traffickers.
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Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery — Siddharth Kara
A four-continent investigation that applies a finance background to map the economics of the sex trade—widely regarded as a foundational text on the subject and the basis for the film Trafficked.
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Self-Help

The Wounded Heart: Hope for Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse — Dr. Dan B. Allender
For those who have experienced childhood sexual abuse and those who love and care for them, The Wounded Heart offers a tender, compassionate window into the psychological effects of abuse and the theological foundations for healing. Dan Allender brought Christians to the table to acknowledge, understand, and help victims heal from their experience of the evil of sexual abuse. A workbook is also available.
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The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse — Ellen Bass & Laura Davis
The Courage to Heal is an inspiring, comprehensive guide that offers hope and a map of the healing journey to every woman who was sexually abused as a child—and to those who care about her. Although the effects of child sexual abuse are long-term and severe, healing is possible. A workbook is also available.
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