Sold
“Sold” by Patricia McCormick is a tale of a young girl from Nepal, who, because of her bum stepfather, is sold by her family to an “auntie” from the city. This “auntie” is thought to be taking the young Lakshmi to a rich lady in the city, for whom she will work for so that she can send her wages home to her family, and return after enough money is earned. It turns out that this “rich lady” does not exist. Lakshmi only realizes what has happened to her after she arrives at a brothel, is locked in a room, starved, drugged, and taken advantage of. The reader goes on Lakshmi’s mentally exhausting journey with her, and learns the mindset of a young girl thrown into the bottomless pit of prostitution and unpayable debt. This story challenges the reader to expand his mind to a world we Americans try not to think about: a world where one meal a day is normal, a tin roof is luxury, and men are all but worshipped. I highly recommend this book to anyone, young or old, educated or otherwise. You would think that this story would be depressing, but it’s really just eye-opening.
18 Responses to “Sold”
Sold is very good, but I’ve read other books by McCormick and have to say that she is a very good writer of teen girl issues.
I’d recommend her Cut, which is about a girl trying to recover from self-harming, if you liked Sold.
This sounds like a very interesting read. I have heard and read of true stories that sound a lot like this.
Thanks…I’m reading “Cut” now! More to come on what I think of it!
Yay!
If you like McCormick, try Laurie Halse Anderson. She wrote a very moving one called Speak, but I don’t want to tell you what it is about ’cause that’ll ruin it!
When I read the summary for this book, it felt like it would be an emotionally exhausting read. But now that I’ve read your review, I’ll definitely considering adding it to me list of future things to read! I’ve come to learn that books with topics such as this one tend to be rewarding when finished.
@Amanda: I read Speak recently! It really was a great book. You definitely got emotionally involved with the story and the character.
Speak was brilliant. I’ve been eyeing her Wintergirls.
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