Highway
to Hell is a personally story about a journalist, Matt Roper and
a Canadian country singer, Dean Brody and their journey to a dangerous highway
in Brazil called BR-116. This highway was known to be populated with child
prostitution and exploitation. On the highway, they first met a little girl,
Leilah about 11 years old in a lilac dress and she was selling herself for 25
reals (about 10 dollars U.S. currency) to tourists and truck drivers. Most of
their parents know their children are selling their bodies for money where they
can buy food or even drugs. And some parents and grandparents of these children
force them to where they can have the money and most of it is generational. Earlier
that day, Matt and Dean met with the president of the state assembly and he
told them that child prostitution doesn’t happen anymore on BR-116. They later
found out how untrue his statement really was. This book will cover the truth
of what’s happening on BR-116 highway.
I would recommend this book to anyone is passionate about
protecting children from predators and every parent and pastor should read this
book. The book was heartbreaking to read because of the horrible events that
Matt and Dean encountered on their journey. I haven’t ever personally been to a
foreign country before and it was very eye opening to me. The book is really
difficult to imagine that young girls would be involved in child prostitution
and no one is doing anything to stop it and save the girls. I liked how Matt
described the children and people that they met very well and I felt like I was
seeing a glimpse of some of the terrible conditions they witnessed. I immensely
liked the lyrics of a song Dean Brody wrote about Leilah which made him actively
wanting to get involved. I also have trouble understand how some of the parents
aren’t trying to stop their children from selling their bodies and how they can
just by and watch their children put their self into danger. The book is a very
critical book and it’s important that we wake up to what is happening in the
world around us. If you’re seeking an excellent book on the topic of child prostitution
and exploitation, then please read this book!
I received this book free from the publisher
from Kregel Publications book review bloggers program."
If
you would like to purchase a copy of Highway
to Hell, then check it out on Amazon.com:
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