Lakshmi is 13 years old and lives in the Himalayan mountains. Her life is simple but hard. Her family is incredibly poor and her stepdad drinks away all the family’s money. After all of their crops are destroyed by a monsoon, she is told she’s going to be a maid for a woman in Calcutta to help earn money for the family. but when she arrives in India, she discovers that she’s trapped and she’s been sold into prostitution. Recommended for high school. A 2007 Best Book for Young Adults!
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Thursday, December 13, 2007
"Sold" by Patricia McCormick
Lakshmi is 13 years old and lives in the Himalayan mountains. Her life is simple but hard. Her family is incredibly poor and her stepdad drinks away all the family’s money. After all of their crops are destroyed by a monsoon, she is told she’s going to be a maid for a woman in Calcutta to help earn money for the family. but when she arrives in India, she discovers that she’s trapped and she’s been sold into prostitution. Recommended for high school. A 2007 Best Book for Young Adults!
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