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They're Killing Our Children: Inside the Kidnapping & Child Murder Epidemic Sweeping America

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This is a book that every parent and kid needs to read. People need to be aware of strangers but they also have to be cautious of people around them. I think parents need to talk to their kids and teach them how to be safe. This was a very educational but very tough book. This is a very hard topic but it has to be put forward!

As a parent, I was terrified and upset with the recent high profile kidnappings and murders of children that occured in 2002. This book recounts the events that captured this nation and why. What was most inspiring was the conclusion, which went on to offer a comprehensive answer to how parents can protect their own. With many interviews from law enforcement professionals and the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, it was a book that I found educational and rewarding. However hard, we must learn from these crimes, and face them head on if we hope to learn anything. An engaging and hard topic, the authors bring us out the other side to do something good -- teach everyone that we can come out the other side, or Out of the Ashes, as one section is titled, describing how victimized parents made something good of something so tragic.

This was a good, informative book. Unfortunately, it's more than a little stereotypical. I realize the purpose of the book, but why didn't they include lesser-known stories? Such as the murders of Jesse Dirkhising and Jeff Curley? I also didn't like the fact that they stuck Adam Walsh and Polly Klaas' stories in the back, with little information. Although I know a lot about Adam's case, their murders are some of the murders that led to the ability to solve so many cases.

Other than that little flaw, it was very informative and well-written. An easy read.

This was the first true cime book I had ever read. Since I read this book I became hooked on true crime, especially child murders. I recommend this book as a first true crime book for a reader to start with. It was a great book.