Persecuting Athena: The True Story of a Young Rape Victim and Her Fight for Justice

Imagine growing up in a country where one in every four girls will be raped before they turn eighteen.

Now realize that you already live there.

For one family, that statistic became an impossible reality when their teenage daughter was assaulted by A friend when she was just fifteen. The rape of teenage girls by boys they know, and often trust, is a silent epidemic in North America. Bravely, Athena stepped up to become one of only an estimated 1 to 2 percent of acquaintance-rape victims who...