Human Trafficking: YOU can get involved and help! (guest post by Kim Purcell)
Kim Purcell is the author of Trafficked, a novel about human trafficking. She also wrote THE MOST VIEWED post on this blog: Fear in Writing, Fear in Life. She is joining us again today to talk more about trafficking and how YOU can get involved and help put an end to this horrible act, which is often called modern day slavery.
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This includes everything from electronics to clothing to coffee to chocolate. How can you avoid these goods? Shop for fair trade items. Also, shop for things made in the US, or another developed country. It might cost a bit more, but the quality is usually better too. Better to buy fewer things than to know you might be wearing something made by slave labor.
GIVEAWAY: Author Kim Purcell is giving away a signed copy of Trafficked. Please leave a comment between now and March 23rd to be entered to win. We’ll need either an e-mail or a Twitter follow back to get in touch with the winner. Open to residents of the United States.
Filed under: Human Trafficking, Teen Involvement, Teen Issues, Uncategorized

About Karen Jensen, MLS
Karen Jensen has been a Teen Services Librarian for almost 32 years. She created TLT in 2011 and is the co-editor of The Whole Library Handbook: Teen Services with Heather Booth (ALA Editions, 2014).
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Great post! I love how you integrate these issue posts alongside book reviews and programs — it's one of the reasons I love your blog!
I love how you suggest your readers get involved!!!
RJ
I hadn't heard of this book before. Trafficked sounds like a good book to use in my literacy program. cultivatingyou@gmail.com