Summary: Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small hut on a mountain 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 lam...
This review can also be found on the NerdHerd Reads I usually do not prefer audiobooks. I just don't really have the patience or the attention span to listen to them. But I have had barely any time to read lately. I have a 40+ minute drive to and from school every day, and decided to try it out. W...
I received this book for free from Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. I heard about this book in my YA class last semester, when another student read it for a book talk. When I saw that there were audio review copie...
Written in free verse this story leaves the innocence behind and awakes in Lakshmi a darken world. Raised in Nepal, her life is centered on the rice plants, tending to her goat and family chores. When money gets tight, thirteen year old Lakshmi gets sold and what she visions for her future is not w...
I made it through. This book was absolutely horrifying to read, made much more so because it is based on the lives of thousands of women and girls. Bravo to Patricia McCormick for bringing these girls' stories to light, especially by making them available for the young adult community.
3.5 Stars. I actually picked this one up by accident not realizing it was a YA novel. However, it is written in short, succinct chapters and had such a good storyline that it was a tremendously fast read. An extremely heavy theme, yet written in a delicate enough fashion and doesn't include graph...
This book was heart-wrenching, but beautifully told. A very important book. I haven’t read many verse novels, but I think the technique really lends itself to gritty, emotional stories like Sold. While I like the story and it is beautifully written, I can’t exactly say I enjoyed it, especially reali...
This book opens your eyes to the TRUE and REAL plight of Nepalese girls who are sold into sexual contract in India. The traffickers misinform their families, leading them to think that the girls will be maids in "the city" and that their income will be sent back to their family.The book will make y...
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