Paper Daughters of Chinatown by Heather B. Moore

 Poignant historical fiction that reveals the horrific sex slave trade by Chinese Tongs in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Young women and even girls were kidnapped or bought from impoverished families that were assured their daughters would marry well but were actually brought to America to work in brothels. A young woman named Donaldina "Dolly" Cameron is seeking a way to engage in some meaningful activity since she has not yet married like her older siblings and accepts a job to teach young Chinese girls how to sew, with the intent that they can obtain secure employment. She soon learns about the terrible circumstances that have traumatized the young women and girls she encounters at the Occidental Mission House in San Francisco and begins to actively participate in their rescue. A fast, compelling read!

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