This flawless book is written in verse, creating the hauntingly beautiful voice of Angel, a sixteen year old girl who has been pulled into a sex trafficking circle by her abusive boyfriend, Call. Struggling with both an addiction to drugs and to Call, Angel has almost lost sight of who she is when she's forced into a prostitution ring in Vancouver's East Side. Suddenly, Angel's friends begin to go missing, and when Angel realizes how little people care about girls like her, she begins to want to leave the twisted world she's stuck in, but it too afraid to. Not until Call brings an eleven year old girl named Mellie home and instructs Angel to "teach her the ropes", Angel has never taken control of her life. Now she has to, before it's too late for both Mellie and her. Written about the all too true sex trafficking and murders that go on in Vancouver's East Side, Martine Leavitt's work will pull at your heartstrings and raise your awareness. I recommend this book to anyone looking to read something realistic, but would not advice people who are sensitive to graphic content to read this.
Reviewed by Alli Sweeney
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