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The highly effective, poignant, bestselling Nationwide E book Award finalist offers voice to a younger lady robbed of her childhood but decided to seek out the power to triumph.
Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old lady who lives along with her household in a small hut on a mountain in Nepal. Although she is desperately poor, her life is filled with easy pleasures, like enjoying hopscotch along with her greatest pal from faculty, and having her mom brush her hair by the sunshine of an oil lamp. However when the cruel Himalayan monsoons wash away all that is still of the household’s crops, Lakshmi’s stepfather says she should go away house and take a job to assist her household.
He introduces her to a glamorous stranger who tells her she is going to discover her a job as a maid within the metropolis. Glad to have the ability to assist, Lakshmi journeys to India and arrives at “Happiness Home” stuffed with hope. However she quickly learns the unthinkable fact: she has been bought into prostitution.
An previous lady named Mumtaz guidelines the brothel with cruelty and crafty. She tells Lakshmi that she is trapped there till she will repay her household’s debt-then cheats Lakshmi of her meager earnings in order that she will by no means go away.
Lakshmi’s life turns into a nightmare from which she can’t escape. Nonetheless, she lives by her mom’s phrases—Merely to endure is to triumph—and regularly, she kinds friendships with the opposite ladies that allow her to outlive on this terrifying new world. Then the day comes when she should make a decision-will she threat all the pieces for an opportunity to reclaim her life?
Written in spare and evocative vignettes by the co-author of I Am Malala (Younger Readers Version), this highly effective novel renders a world that’s as unimaginable as it’s actual, and a woman who not solely survives however triumphs.
Writer : Little, Brown Books for Younger Readers; Superior Studying Copy (ARC) version (April 1, 2008)
Language : English
Paperback : 263 pages
ISBN-10 : 0786851724
ISBN-13 : 978-0786851720
Studying age : 13+ years, from prospects
Lexile measure : 820L
Grade degree : 9 and up
Merchandise Weight : 8 ounces
Dimensions : 5.63 x 0.75 x 8.38 inches
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Clients discover the e-book straightforward to learn and gratifying. They reward the writing high quality as great, trustworthy, and sympathetic. The story is described as heartbreaking, shifting, and emotional. Readers recognize the informative content material and graphic depiction of the horrible circumstances. In addition they just like the pacing, discovering it concise, non-tedious, and easy.
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Polish Princess –
An important book
This is a very good book but also a pretty disturbing one. In terms of a choice for a middle schooler, I would really hesitate to recommend it. A lot would depend on the young adult’s maturity and reading level. Whereas I have a 7th grader reading this book, the terms have occasionally stumped her and she comes back to me frequently for explanations of terms of vocabulary issues for Arabic names and terms…some of which are difficult to understand via context. I found it useful to Google certain things, like a tea shop and a house with a tin roof in Nepal, so she can see photos and better relate to the text.
Other than that, the way the book is written, in first person, but in a passive voice…a writing style that takes a while to get used to. But for an adult or middle schooler who successfully navigates those little hurdles, the book is a quick and fascinating read. I couldn’t put it down. The subject matter is very, very mature. There is not anything overly graphic, but again, this is a novel about a girl sold into prostitution at a very young age. After the first third of the book, it does address the fact that she is forced to sleep with many, many men and there are a few horrifying sections regarding the punishment of girls who don’t obey the brothel’s madam.
This is an important book regarding the treatment of young girls sold into prostitution in India. I learned many things while reading it. Again, I recommend it for all, but unless your child or student is ready to handle things like the subject matter, I believe that girls and women over maybe 14 years of age should be the target audience.
Judy K. Polhemus –
Now what?
I read the book. I read the afterword in which Patricia McCormick briefly explains her travels and findings in conjunction with the story. OK. Now what? That is what I am left with–now what?
Should I sell all and go to India to help these girls? Seems implausible, although another reviewer intends to do just that, or perhaps she finally cannot. Send money? Nope, don’t trust the imploring for money. Write my own book? No time, no talent. Pray for more Mother Teresas? Seems the most likely choice, but how many women are willing to renounce world and go help the girls in the brothel districts in India? What am I supposed to do for those pitiful, trusting girls, who are treated like nothing more than trash and offal?
Lakshmi, a thirteen-year-old who follows with her eyes a boy in the village, who does likewise with her, is sold by her wicked stepfather into prostitution. His gambling habit is more important than the value of the life of his wife’s child. By her own calculations, she learns early on that she will NEVER make enough money to buy her freedom.
I think the one unnerving point of the story is that Lakshmi is delivered from this life. An American missionary rescues her and takes her to learn a trade and a respectable way to live. Why unnerving? That only one at a time, only one, is rescued. Just one. How many, how many live in brothels across the world and are forced to submit without any choices or decisions?
The book is excellent. Period. There are no weaknesses in plot, character, theme. The fact (in the novel) that Lakshmi is one of uncounted thousands (millions?) explains why her story is so desperate. Because it is simple and brief, description of what happens to her can be read by 9-year-olds as long as they understand the ramifications of this kind of slavery. The worst fact is the number of times she must participate–a hundred and a hundred more. Police stories on television inform me that this kind of slavery even takes place in the United States. Buy ’em, catch ’em, take ’em to another country for prostitution.
And I ask, Now what?
Amazon Customer –
I have never read a Patricia McCormick novel so I didnât know if I would like the writing style
Patricia McCormickâs novel Sold was a very eye opening book. Before reading this book I was aware of the extreme circumstances that some girls are forced to be in, but I had never heard a first person experience from one of those girls. Even tough Sold is a fictional book, you can really tell that a lot of time and research went into developing it. I have never read a Patricia McCormick novel so I didnât know if I would like the writing style, but it turns out she is a very good writer that knows how to keep a readerâs attention. I also really enjoyed the layout she chose because it gave dramatic pauses between each part of the story. Although the book is well written and has a gripping story line, I still felt like it was just an okay book. This book has a good message about the need for protection that these girls have to have, but in some parts I felt like there was nothing going on. Lakshmi is a very strong young girl and I think that she can be both an inspiration to young girls and a great advocate in helping to decrease the grip human trafficking has on these countries. Overall I was impressed with the story and the information the author was able to include, but I found that the book was a little bit hard to follow at times. I would recommend this book to more of an older population rather than young adults, because it doesnât have that constant action that holds the attention of the younger generations.
Caralee H. –
Very satisfied!
Arrived quickly & in good condition. ð
amy leong –
Received the book the next day and in excellent condition
PCA –
Profoundly disturbing and humbling. Well written, thoughtful and beautiful in its cruelty
jose coyoli –
Una muy impactante historia que refleja la terrible realidad de las mujeres en buena parte del mundo. Excelente historia, refleja una realidad que el mundo insiste en ocultar, despreciando a las mujeres.
KATHARINA –
Emozionante – bellissimo
jillG –
A very sad tale of life in a third world country and the treatment of women