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My Book of Life by Angel
by Martine Leavitt
Ages: 14+
Published: 2012
Publisher: Farrar/Macmillan
ISBN: 978-0-374-35123-6
Keywords: Drugs, Prostitution
Inspired by incidents of girls who disappeared from Vancouver's streets in the ‘80s and ‘90s, Angel's story tells how easy it is to fall into prostitution and how difficult it is to escape.