{"product_id":"my-freedom-belongs-to-me-brandee-blocker-anderson-9798194637942","title":"My Freedom Belongs to Me: A Rhyming Book About Modern-Day Slavery and Human Trafficking","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"But didn't slavery end?\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's the question at the heart of this book - and the answer most children never get.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSlavery did not end. It changed shape. Today it can look like a gift with a string attached, a secret, a debt, or a message from someone who isn't who they say they are. Traffickers count on a child having no language for what is happening, and no confidence that they'd be believed if they tried to speak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Freedom Belongs to Me\u003c\/i\u003e gives them the language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn gentle, rhyming verse, this book carries young readers from the history of chattel slavery in America to the reality of human trafficking today - naming the tactics plainly, without frightening imagery and without blame. Children learn to recognize warning signs, to trust the feeling in their stomach, and to keep telling grown-ups until someone listens.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd it says the thing a child most needs to hear \u003ci\u003ebefore\u003c\/i\u003e anything happens, so they can hear it again after: \u003cb\u003ethe blame belongs to the person who caused the harm.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInside the book: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA rhyming story tracing the theft of human freedom from the past into the present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAge-appropriate language for grooming, bribes, debt, secrets, and online contact\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA glossary of more than twenty terms, including consent, autonomy, exploitation, and trusted adult\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEight discussion questions for families and classrooms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Note to Trusted Adults from the author\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA resource page with national hotlines and reporting tools\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by educator and attorney Brandee Blocker Anderson, founder of The Antiracism Academy, for the busy parent and the working educator at the same time - and for every child who deserves the truth in language they can carry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRead it before anything is wrong. Read it more than once.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brandee Blocker Anderson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798194637942\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 42\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 8.50w x 0.11d","brand":"Brandee Blocker Anderson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50779981709567,"sku":"9798194637942","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-freedom-belongs-to-me-brandee-blocker-anderson-9798194637942","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}