Trafficked: A Mex Anderson Novel

By: Peg Brantley

Narrated by: Sandra Murphy

Sex trafficking.

Not Thailand. Or the Philippines. Or Russia.

America.

Rich or poor, black or white, girls disappear across this country every day, pulled into the nightmarish world of prostitution and drugs.

Mex Anderson is back, tasked with finding three missing girls before it's too late. Three girls. Three girls who could live in your town, your neighborhood, or in your own home.

Jayla Imani Thomas is 15. A smart kid from a poor part of town who has to fend for herself. Jayla is headed for college and a better life than her mother had.

Alexis Emily Halston is 17. Money provides everything she wants or needs except functional parents. Alexis has the world by the tail and she knows it.

Olivia Emma Campbell is 12. She's a middle child who dreams of being a veterinarian when she grows up. But right now "Livvy" just wants someone to notice her, maybe even to love her.

Caught up in a cruel system fueled by lust and money, all three young women must find the courage within themselves to survive. And Mex must come to terms with his own loss and face his demons head on - or he might not have the strength to save them.

©2017 Peg Brantley (P)2018 Peg Brantley

Great story bringing light to difficult subject matter....not to be ignored!

This story is very well written and well researched. It grabbed my attention from the very beginning and kept me listening to find out what would happen next. The author has done an excellent job tackling difficult subject matter and bringing attention to this growing epidemic. I really appreciated the facts and statistics at the beginning of each chapter. Although the narration isn’t awful, it’s not the best either.....it’s just okay....I’m not sure if it gets better s the story goes on or if I just got used to it, either way, it doesn’t detract from the story. This one is a must listen! I received a review copy at my request and voluntarily reviewed.

Fiction based on hard reality...

This is a tuff one. Well written book. Hard story to listen to. Good to know that it's fiction. Horrible knowing that this book is based on reality and it happens every day.
With a title like TRAFFICKED it's pretty obvious that this book is about human trafficking. This is about young girls (and some boys) taken from their homes, neighborhoods and friends right here in the US. With the publisher's description and the other reviews I won't recap the actual story.
What I will say is I think the author did a wonderful job. She tells a story about trafficking for sex but the book doesn't get too descriptive. One thing I really liked is that through out the book the author adds what could be footnotes at the beginning on many chapters. I found myself writing these down and looking them up (Examples: Stockholm Syndrome in the Pimp-Victim Relationship By NATALIE KITROEFF , Selling Atlanta's children: What has and hasn't changed
By Jane O. Hansen, Special to CNN ). I think by weaving actual articles into the book increases credibility. Not that it's not believable because it is.
I think a different narrator would have been a good thing.
I paid for this book and did not get it for free. It's worth the credit.
I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this book however for some this may prove to be a difficult read.
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Sobering and Well Writen.

I feel like this book should be required reading for parents and teens. Although, at those age groups, the information gained by that would be too late for some. Trafficked is an eye-opening and sobering revelation of the activities that take place in Colorado and across the country and the world. it is a thoughtful read and as well as an excellent Listen by narrator Sandra Murphy.

A painful novel about child sex trafficking

The Advocate series by Teresa Burrell pulls at the heartstrings as attorney Sabre Brown deals exclusively with cases involving abused children. Trafficked deals with young girls kidnapped and sold into prostitution and drug abuse. Author Peg Brantley has written a brutally honest novel about child sex trafficking that follows the cases of three girls. Listening to the descriptions of what the girls are forced to do is painful, but the problem is real and massive in scope. Every parent should listen to this novel.

Well written, fictional based reality

This was the 1st book I read by the author and it was very well written and I would read one again. While it is fictional it was based on facts of sexual trafficking in the United States. I highly recommend this book to everyone as it makes you think about what is going on and we all need to be aware of what is happening in our nation. I loved the facts woven in at each chapter as it made the fiction reality and sobering. This is happening and we need to be aware of it. The author did a good job showing how girls sold into sex slavery can go into different paths once sold.


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