Description: Sold by Patricia McCormick (2008, Trade Paperback). This book is like new, it may have been read one time or it might not have been read at all, the cover opens a little too far for me to say it’s brand new but I’ve been wrong before. The photos are the actual book you will receive. Thank you! Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small village in Nepal. Though she is desperately poor, her life is full of simple pleasures, like playing hopscotch with her best friend from school and having her mother brush her hair by the light of an oil lamp. But when the harsh Himalayan monsoons wash away all the family's crops, Lakshmi's stepfather says she must take a job to support her family. He introduces her to a glamorous stranger who tells her she will find her a job as a maid in the city. Glad to help, Lakshmi journeys to India only to learn the unthinkable truth: she has been sold into prostitution. An old woman named Mumtaz rules the brothel with cruelty and cunning. She tells Lakshmi that she is trapped there until she can pay off her family's debt- then cheats Lakshmi of her meager earnings so that she can never leave. Gradually, Lakshmi forms friendships that enable her to survive in this terrifying new world. Then the day comes when she must make a decision-will she risk everything for a chance to reclaim her life?
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Book Title: Sold (National Book Award Finalist)
Item Length: 8.4in
Item Height: 0.8in
Item Width: 5.6in
Author: Patricia Mccormick
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Historical / General, People & Places / Asia, Social Themes / Adolescence, Family / General (See Also Headings under Social Themes), General, Social Themes / Friendship, Girls & Women, Social Themes / Sexual Abuse, Stories in Verse (See Also Poetry)
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Intended Audience: Ages 2-3, Ages 9-12, Ages 4-8, Under 2 Years
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Item Weight: 8.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 272 Pages
