Section 16

"He didn't look like he had any bad intentions, but then again, neither did most of the adults I'd come across in my life... and look what happened."

Estelle is an introverted 16-year-old girl leading a less-than-stellar, but ultimately quiet home life in New York City. Her stepfather might hate her and her once adoring mother might (strangely) not be as attentive anymore, but at least she'll always have her younger sister and best friend, Hazel... right?

When secrets are revealed and hearts and bodies are broken, Estelle unwittingly finds herself both figuratively and literally trapped in an industry of deception, betrayal, and exploitation that forces her to fend for herself for the first time, and to confront a dangerous world that was hidden right under her nose.

Can this scared and defenseless teenage girl save herself and others like her, or will the evil underbelly of Section 16 claim yet another victim?