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 · Sold is the story of Lakshmi, a girl from a small village living with her Ama, baby brother and stepfather. Her stepfather sells her for money to pay gambling debts, and she is brought to the city, only to find out that there is no maid job waiting for her. She has been sold into prostitution. This story was hard to read/5. Told in a series of haunting vignettes, SOLD is a harrowing account of a sexual slavery. Alternating lyrical imagery with precise detail, McCormick gives voice to the terror and bewilderment of a young girl robbed of her childhood but who finds the strength to triumph. SOLD was a National Book Award Finalist. 9 rows ·  · To research Sold, Patricia McCormick traveled to India and Nepal, where she interviewed the Brand: Patricia McCormick.

Sold, by Patricia McCormick, is about a young girl that faces the horrors of human trafficking. Lakshmi, a year old girl from Nepal is sold by her step-father to go live in a brothel. I know situations like this happen all around the world and this is sickening. Patricia McCormick, a two-time National Book Award finalist, is the author of several critically acclaimed novels - including Never Fall Down, the true story of a boy who survived the Killing Fields of Cambodia by playing music for the Khmer Rouge, and SOLD, a moving account of sexual www.doorway.ru is also the co-author of I am Malala, the story of Malala Yousafzai, the girl who was shot. Sold by Patricia McCormick is the breath-taking, thought-provoking and beautifully written story about a child who has to deal with the horrors of a life in which she has no rights and bear the burdens the majority of people would be destroyed with. It might be not a good thing to say but one of the most common thoughts, which will cross a.

Worldwide, the US State Department estimates that nearly half a million children are trafficked into the sex trade annually. Lakshmi was sold by her stepfather to the intermediary for Nepalese Rupees - less than $ McCormick suggests ways teenagers (and adults) can help: Educate yourself by visiting. To research Sold, Patricia McCormick traveled to India and Nepal, where she interviewed the. Sold. by. Patricia Mccormick. Publication date. Topics. Social Issues - Sexual Abuse, Social Issues - General, General, Juvenile Fiction, Children's Books - Young Adult Fiction, Children: Young Adult (Gr. ), Social Issues - Homelessness Poverty, People Places - Asia, Juvenile Fiction / General, Fiction, Human trafficking, Prostitution, Slavery.