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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201114.Sold?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="Sold" border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172634986m/201114.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/201114.Sold?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">Sold</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/26250.Patricia_McCormick">Patricia McCormick</a> 
 <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19841311?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a>
 rating: 2 of 5 stars Sold, by Patricia McCormick, tells the story of a thirteen year old girl from Nepal who is sold into prostitution by her step father. Lakshmi, who is eager to help her mother and baby brother, believes that she is being sent to the city to work for a rich family. She is scared, but proud that she will be able to make enough money to buy a tin roof for her family’s home. All of her dreams are shattered when she realizes that her step-father has sold her into prostitution in India. McCormick writes this story in simple, short chapters, and at times it feels like you are reading poetry. The story is told in first person narrative, and because of this the reader gets right inside the heart of Lakshmi. 
 This is the kind of novel that once you start you can’t put down, but at the same time it breaks your heart. High school readers will be moved and outraged by this story, especially since the author traveled to India and Nepal to research the story. The experiences of the fictional Lakshmi are inspired by the lives of the women and children from the red-light district. I think stories like this are important because it reminds us of what we have to be thankful for, and it makes us aware that there are people in the world that are suffering and need help. The theme of this novel is survival and also of value. Throughout the story Lakshmi expresses anguish of her lost virtue and of what her value is in the world. She recalls asking her mother “why must women suffer so”, and her mother says “that simply to endure is to triumph”. 
 I would most likely recommend this story to female readers, since the story is told primarily from a women’s perspective. This story would be a great book to recommend to individual readers. It also might be a great story to use for a discussion of first person narrative writing. Due to the sensitive subject matter this book would not be appropriate for students younger than high school, but McCormick deals with the subject quite delicately. The story is told from the perspective of a very young girl, so it makes sense that so much of the graphic details are omitted. 
 Sold was reviewed well, and across the board the reviews thought this book was not to be missed. The reviewer from Kliatt said that “this is an important story, and McCormick tells it well”. The reviewer from Library Media Connection also thought that this was “a very moving and emotional story” that readers “would not be able to put down”. 
 
 
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Sold, by Patricia McCormick, tells the story of a thirteen year old girl from Nepal who is sold into prostitution by her step father. Lakshmi, who is eager to help her mother and baby brother, believes that she is being sent to the city to work for a rich family. She is scared, but proud that she will be able to make enough money to buy a tin roof for her family’s home. All of her dreams are shattered when she realizes that her step-father has sold her into prostitution in India. McCormick writes this story in simple, short chapters, and at times it feels like you are reading poetry. The story is told in first person narrative, and because of this the reader gets right inside the heart of Lakshmi.
This is the kind of novel that once you start you can’t put down, but at the same time it breaks your heart. High school readers will be moved and outraged by this story, especially since the author traveled to India and Nepal to research the story. The experiences of the fictio...more Sold, by Patricia McCormick, tells the story of a thirteen year old girl from Nepal who is sold into prostitution by her step father. Lakshmi, who is eager to help her mother and baby brother, believes that she is being sent to the city to work for a rich family. She is scared, but proud that she will be able to make enough money to buy a tin roof for her family’s home. All of her dreams are shattered when she realizes that her step-father has sold her into prostitution in India. McCormick writes this story in simple, short chapters, and at times it feels like you are reading poetry. The story is told in first person narrative, and because of this the reader gets right inside the heart of Lakshmi.
This is the kind of novel that once you start you can’t put down, but at the same time it breaks your heart. High school readers will be moved and outraged by this story, especially since the author traveled to India and Nepal to research the story. The experiences of the fictional Lakshmi are inspired by the lives of the women and children from the red-light district. I think stories like this are important because it reminds us of what we have to be thankful for, and it makes us aware that there are people in the world that are suffering and need help. The theme of this novel is survival and also of value. Throughout the story Lakshmi expresses anguish of her lost virtue and of what her value is in the world. She recalls asking her mother “why must women suffer so”, and her mother says “that simply to endure is to triumph”.
I would most likely recommend this story to female readers, since the story is told primarily from a women’s perspective. This story would be a great book to recommend to individual readers. It also might be a great story to use for a discussion of first person narrative writing. Due to the sensitive subject matter this book would not be appropriate for students younger than high school, but McCormick deals with the subject quite delicately. The story is told from the perspective of a very young girl, so it makes sense that so much of the graphic details are omitted.
Sold was reviewed well, and across the board the reviews thought this book was not to be missed. The reviewer from Kliatt said that “this is an important story, and McCormick tells it well”. The reviewer from Library Media Connection also thought that this was “a very moving and emotional story” that readers “would not be able to put down”.

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