{"product_id":"sold-9780786851720","title":"Sold by McCormick, Patricia","description":"\u003cb\u003eA NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This poignant, bestselling verse novel gives voice to a young girl robbed of her childhood yet determined to find the strength to triumph. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small hut on a mountain in Nepal. Though 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 that remains of the family's crops, Lakshmi's stepfather says she must leave home and take a job to support her family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e He introduces her to a glamorous stranger who tells her she will find her a job as a maid in the city. Glad to be able to help, Lakshmi journeys to India and arrives at \"Happiness House\" full of hope. But she soon learns the unthinkable truth: she has been sold into prostitution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Lakshmi's life becomes a nightmare from which she cannot escape. Still, she lives by her mother's words--\u003ci\u003eSimply to endure is to triumph\u003c\/i\u003e--and gradually, she forms friendships with the other girls 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Written in spare and evocative vignettes by the co-author of \u003ci\u003eI Am Malala (Young Readers Edition)\u003c\/i\u003e, this powerful novel renders a world that is as unimaginable as it is real, and a girl who not only survives but triumphs. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Hard-hitting ... The author beautifully balances the harshness of brothel life with the poignant relationships among its residents.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An unforgettable account of sexual slavery as it exists now.\" --\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly Best 100 Books of the Year \u003cbr\u003e NPR's Best Books of the Year \u003cbr\u003e American Library Association Top Ten List, Best Books of the Year \u003cbr\u003e Gustav-Heinemann Peace Prize \u003cbr\u003e Booklist Editor's Choice Award \u003cbr\u003e New York Public Library Best Books for Teens \u003cbr\u003e Children's Literature Council's Choice \u003cbr\u003e Book Sense Pick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia McCormick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Little, Brown Books for Young Readers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786851720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAge Range:\u003c\/b\u003e 14-17\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e109091 \/ Sold\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Green Mountain Book Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo research \u003ci\u003eSold\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003ePatricia McCormick\u003c\/b\u003e traveled to India and Nepal, where she interviewed the women of Calcutta's red-light district and girls who have been rescued from the sex trade. Patricia is a two-time National Book Award finalist, and the author of five critically acclaimed novels, among them \u003ci\u003eNever Fall Down\u003c\/i\u003e, the story of a boy who survived the Killing Fields of Cambodia by playing music for the Khmer Rouge. Her other books include the YA classic \u003ci\u003eCut\u003c\/i\u003e, and the young readers' edition of \u003ci\u003eI Am Malala\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e the story of the Pakistani girl who was targeted by the Taliban for standing up for education. 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