Dime sets the
scene for what it’s like to think you are in love, and what its like have your
body sold for money. “Dime” is a book that gives a lot of insight to the world
of drugs and prostitution, as well as the world of teenage prostitution.
Dime is a young
teen lost in the states foster care system. Dime as always been alone, and is
searching for love and acceptance. She wants to experience what it’s like to
have a family. The family she gets is not the once that is stable. Daddy is the
man that takes her in to join his family with his two wives’. Dime soon learns
in order to keep her place in the family with Daddy she has to go out and sell
her body to make money to contribute. Not knowing what love is, Dime thinks
that selling her body to get money for Daddy was showing her love for him and
he getting the money from her loves her. Dime just didn’t become a prostitute,
it was a gradual and she didn’t even realize it was happening until it was to
late. Daddy then brings home a third wife, and Dime realizes that Daddy does
not love her the way she thought he did. Dime starts looking for a way out,
with the fear of wondering if Daddy will let her go.
Reading this
book, young adults will get to see into a world that is all too real. They will
see the lengths some young adults will go through to make it out alive. E.R.
Frank does an amazing job of showing the readers the rough life Dime has, and
the hard times she faces looking for love and acceptance.
To learn more
about how teenage girls are lured into prostitution:
FBI article on
teen prostitution:
Documentaries on
teenage prostitution:
Teenage
prostitution stories:
Hello Ashley
ReplyDeleteSometimes I forget that there are books written about heavy and realistic topics like teenage prostitution. Although I haven’t read the novel I already feel emotional stressed for Dime and the terrible predicament she has gotten herself into. Once someone is caught up in that cycle it’s extremely and even deadly to attempt to get out of it. I can see why teenagers would appreciate this novel, especially since it deals with attempting to find acceptance and love in all the wrong places. I thought it was great that you included a wide variety of articles and videos about teenager prostitution. It was difficult for me to attempt to watch the personal stories, but I found them necessary to include in your post. Great job!
I think this book sounds like a very interesting text to integrate into a curriculum. People sometimes forget that teens often get involved with partners that are emotionally/physically/sexually abusive. This can help show students that those behaviors and mindsets are not normal and should not be tolerated. I know parents sometimes have issues about what they want their kids to read in school, but I guess if the instructor is 100% transparent about why they want to teach the book, what it includes, and why it is important, I imagine this book becoming an important staple for YA school texts. Nice post!
ReplyDelete