9 rows · · To research Sold, Patricia McCormick traveled to India and Nepal, where she interviewed the Brand: Patricia McCormick. · Sold is the story of Lakshmi, a girl from a small village living with her Ama, baby brother and stepfather. Her stepfather sells her for money to pay gambling debts, and she is brought to the city, only to find out that there is no maid job waiting for her. She has been sold into prostitution. This story was hard to read/5. Told in a series of haunting vignettes, SOLD is a harrowing account of a sexual slavery. Alternating lyrical imagery with precise detail, McCormick gives voice to the terror and bewilderment of a young girl robbed of her childhood but who finds the strength to triumph. SOLD was a National Book Award Finalist.
Sold is a heartbreaking book by Patricia McCormick. This product could be used to support a whole class study, literature circle groups, a book club, or even as an independent reading www.doorway.ru you purchase this product you receive: a 7 page study guide with answer key, three supplemental activit. To research Sold, Patricia McCormick 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. She is the author of the acclaimed novels Cut and My Brother's Keeper. You win, Patricia McCormick—you win. This is literary magic at work. In Sold, Lakshmi has a hard life on a mountaintop in Nepal—her family's rice paddy is at the mercy of the weather, and her stepfather gambles away what little money they have. For the family to survive, her stepfather tells Lakshmi that she is going to the city to work as.
Sold is a young adult novel by American author Patricia McCormick. Told in a series of short vignettes from the perspective of the main character, it is the story of a Nepali girl named Lakshmi who is sold into sexual slavery in India. To research Sold, Patricia McCormick traveled to India and Nepal, where she interviewed the. Sold is a contemporary YA novel by American writer Patricia McCormick, published in Written in short vignettes, Sold tells the story of thirteen-year-old Lakshmi, a poor but happy girl living with her family in a mountain hut in Nepal. When a Himalayan monsoon washes away her family's crops, Lakshmi must find a job to support her family. On the advice of a stranger, she goes to India to stay at a 'Happiness House', but once there finds she has been tricked, and sold into prostitution.
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