Pike, Cassie, <br/><br/>
Prey :  my fight to survive the Halifax grooming gang / 
Cassie Pike with Katy Weitz. 
 - London :  John Blake,  2019. 
 - 280 pages ;  20 cm 
<br/><br/> Cassie was only 13 when her mother died of a degenerative illness, leaving her vulnerable to sexual predators in the Halifax area who had been grooming her since the age of 11. She fell through the net of the care system and reached out for friendship, only to be consumed by an escalating spiral of abuse. This harrowing and truly shocking story captures in vivid detail how gangs of men were able to ply a child with drink and drugs, then rape her and pass her around their associates with no one seemingly able to step in and prevent it. Cassie was lost in a world of appalling degradation for years before a local policeman and caring social worker became instrumental in helping her to escape and rebuild her life. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781789460841 (pbk.) :  �8.99 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Pike, Cassie.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Child sexual abuse--England--Halifax.<br/>Sexually abused children--Rehabilitation--England--Halifax.<br/>Child sexual abuse--Prevention.--England--Halifax<br/>Society.