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ALAN Review, Fall 2007 by Young, Karolinde
Sold by Patricia McCormick Realistic Fiction Hyperion, 2006, 264 pp., $15.99 ISBN: 0-7868-5171-6
Lakshmi is a poor 13-year-old girl. Her family lives in a small village on a mountainside in Nepal. She has dreams of the day she will marry Krishna, to whom she is betrothed. Lakshmi loves her mother and dreams of the day they can have a tin roof on their small hut.
When monsoons destroy the family's crops, Lakshmi's stepfather tells her she is going to the city to work as a maid. Instead, Lakshmi is sold into prostitution. She must fight against the despair and hopelessness that engulf her just to survive every day.
Sold tells the story of one girl sold into a heinous and terrifying way of life. Although Lakshmi's story is a work of fiction, through her, McCormick tells the story of many real girls who find themselves caught in the same web. McCormick's short and powerful verse brings their stories of despair and hope to the reader and cannot be ignored. The book is based on excellent research and survivor interviews.
Karolinde Young
Manhattan, KS
Copyright Assembly on Literature for Adolescents -- National Council of Teachers of English Fall 2007
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