Sold is a National Book Finalist and is about a young girl sold into the sex-trade industry.
It is an all too familiar story for many girls, in many countries. Sold is beautifully written in first person giving you an sense of who Lakshmi is and her struggles.
This work of fiction will make you angry and make you cry because somewhere in the world, maybe you even your own backyard a girl or boy are being forced into sex against there will. Many beaten, raped , starved and threatened into submission. Taking away their basic human rights.
This book will haunt you and chill you to the bone.
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