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December 21, 2006
SOLD by Patricia McCormick
Patricia McCormick wrote SOLD, as a tribute to a young girl who not only survives but triumphs. Thirteen year old Lakshmi lives in the mountains of Nepal with mother, baby brother and step-father. Her family is so poor they cannot afford a tin roof like the other families in the village. Lakshmi wants to go to the city to work so that she can send money back to her family but her mother wants her to stay in school. After a horrible monsoon that washes away the crops and destroys the already tattered roof, Lakshmi's step-father says that she is to go to the city to work. Lakshmi is happy, proud that she will be able to help her family. She soon learns that her job in the city is not the maid job she thought it would be. Lakshmi's step-father has sold her into prostitution and now she is stuck in India forced to pay off the price that was paid for her. Lakshmi struggles to make it through the nightmare her life has become and dreams of the day she will be free again.
THIS BOOK IS RECOMMENDED FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GRADES 10-12.
Miss Samuel
Young Adult Librarian
East Meadow Public Library
Posted by fjacksonem at December 21, 2006 11:10 AM
Comments
I abosolutely enjoyed this great book. I recommend it to all readers who want to experience something different, to be on someone else's shoes.
Posted by: Stephany at June 26, 2008 10:37 PM
I really enjoyed the book SOLD. I really enjoyed the detailed scenes that were discibed in this outstanding book it really showed the true brave young girl in this story. I would deffently recommend this book to others just like me that are looking for something different that will have you sitting on the edge of your seat to read the next paragraph.
Posted by: julisamichelle at April 2, 2010 1:59 AM
When i read this book it was interesting but when i got deep into it it broke my heart just hearing what things happened to the young girls and the life style that they go trough. The age of the young children and how they are being lived made me sad it makes me angry just hearing people out there do this. The inisent children specialy the one in the book detail to detail telling how all this was sees and that had happened to her.
Posted by: leticia at April 20, 2010 3:37 PM
i so loved this book please send me more
Posted by: Sha'Kayla at May 20, 2010 1:57 PM
i love this book!
its just soo intrstin n soo sadd..
Posted by: Cj Eno at August 12, 2010 4:40 PM