This harrowing work of photojournalism follows the stories of street children in Brazilyoung girls who have fallen into lives of prostitution as their only means of survival. Though every girl s story is unique, they share common ground: almost all of them come from abusive, poverty-stricken families or are orphans. Many of the girls suffer from drug or alcohol abuse, and some are as young as eight years old. Leaders in the struggle to fight this phenomenon have contributed to this important book in an effort to document and raise awareness of a dangerous and abusive practice that claims more than one million children every year.Por sus reportajes, entrevistas y fotografias personales, este obra de denuncia fotoperiodismo sigue las vidas de los ninos de la calle de Brasillas jovenes que empiezan una vida de prostitucion para sobrevivir. Aunque cada historia es unica, todos comparten un nexo comun: abusos, pobreza, familias rotas u orfandad. Muchos sufren de adicciones al alcohol, o drogas. Lideres en la lucha contra este fenomeno han contribuido con su esfuerzo en la realizacion de esta obra para llamar la atencion sobre esta practica abusiva y peligrosa que afecta a mas de un millon de ninos cana ano."