Contains seventeen essays that offer varying perspectives on issues related to child abuse, including the seriousness of the problem, how it can be prevented, and government policies on abusers and sex offenders; and provides quick facts, contact information for organizations, and a bibliography.

The author recalls her traumatic experiences as a victim of sexual abuse as a child and shares her thoughts of pain, confusion, and then forgiveness for her abuser through her personal diary.

"Set in the deep American south between the wars, this is the classic tale of Celie, a young poor black girl. Raped repeatedly by her father, she loses two children and then is married off to a man who treats her no better than a slave. She is separated from her sister Nettie and dreams of becoming like the glamorous Shug Avery, a singer and rebellious black woman who has taken charge of her own destiny. Gradually Celie discovers the support of women...

"Two missing girls. Thirteen years apart. Olivia Shaw has been missing since last Tuesday. She was last seen outside the entrance of her elementary school in Hunts Point wearing a white spring jacket, blue jeans, and pink boots. I force myself to look atthe face in the photo, into her slightly smudged features, and I can't bring myself to move. Olivia Shaw could be my mirror image, rewound to thirteen years ago. If you have any knowledge of Olivia...

Alex Delaware, a child psychologist, is drawn to a case that endangers first his career and then his life.

The memoir of Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped on June 10, 1991 from a school bus stop within sight of her home in Tahoe, California, when she was 11 years old. She was held prisoner by convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido and his wife, Nancy Garrido. She was held captive by the Garridos for over eighteen years, all the while living in a tent on the Garrido property. During her captivity she gave birth to two children fathered by Garrido. She reappeared...

Tony Johnson reveals how he grew up abused, made school and New York's mean streets a refuge, was rescued by people who could love him, and ultimately had to face an AIDS diagnosis.

Examines attempts by the Indian Health Service to protect Dr. Stanley Patrick Weber, a pediatrician accused of molesting numerous boys over a period of twenty years, whom the agency would move from reservation to reservation in an effort to conceal the alleged crimes.