Have You Seen These Children?: A Memoir

Four young children were kidnapped from their home in Cebu, Philippines, in 1959 and taken to America by their deceitful father. The children, Valorie, Veronica, Vance, and Vincent, were separated from their mother and faced many challenges, including poverty, discrimination, and abuse. Despite these hardships, they remained strong and loved each other deeply, using their deep love and determination to survive and find their way back to their mother.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 296 pages
Publication date: 03 September 2020
Publisher: She Writes Press

Valorie, Veronica, Vance, and Vincent's perfect world turned into a nightmare one hot afternoon in 1959 in Cebu, Philippines.

What was to be a quick lunch with their father turned into a flight to America, where four dreadfully long years of running from state to state, hiding, and vanishing into the night followed.

Kidnapped from the only world they knew, confusion quickly set in.

At nine, Valorie, the eldest, liked seeing their father after his absence for over a year.

Vance, a timid six-year-old, went along with whatever Valorie did.

Vincent, the baby at three, cried for his mother while clinging to Veronica for comfort.

Veronica, eight, was the only one who was truly panicked by what was happening around them - and she recognized instantly that she and her siblings would have to stick together in order to survive.

In that moment, her childhood ended and the warrior within her emerged.

Moving from state to state and school to school, avoiding the law, looking over their shoulders at every turn, the four Slaughter children found themselves fighting not only the heartbreak of separation from their loving mother but also poverty, discrimination, and abuse.

Their only weapons were their deep love for one another and an unwavering determination to survive the trials they faced - and find their way back to their mother.

Weight: 396g
Dimension: 140 x 215 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781631527258