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Liked It1 of 1 members found this review helpful “Have you ever hoped for a new cell phone, an iPod, or even a laptop computer? Thirteen-Year-Old Lakshmi hopes for a tin roof. Living in a Nepali village with her mother, father, and baby brother, Lakshmi is desperately poor. And when the monsoons wash away their rice plants, their only hope,...” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Sold into prostitution, Lakshmi lives a nightmare and gradually 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 to risk everything for a chance to reclaim her life.”
Deon K wrote this review yesterday. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Lakshmi has 13 marks on her mother's chest, showing that she has lived through 13 years. Lakshmi lives in Nepal with her mother, brother, and step-father. Lakshmi's family is so poor they barley afford food. Lakshmi's mother, Ama, works very hard caring things back and forth for the men that work. With that money Lakshmi's step-father gambles it away at the Tea House. Lakshmi goes to school and she is top of her class. Lakshmi loves school, playing with her friend Gita and her goat. But when the Himalayan rains wash away all the family's crops, the family is left with nothing. So Lakshmi's step father sends her off to work for a family to support her family. Lakshmi is tricked into thinking that she will be a maid, but really she is sold into prostitution. Lakshmi moves to a brothel in India to work. She lives in a house called, "The happiness House," with other girls, until she pays off her families debt. Lakshmi's world in a blur, as she lives life at it's worst.
Anita H wrote this review 7 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
I would give this book five stars. I would rate it the book so high, because of the depth of the writing. This book is a real page turner, because there is no dull part of the book. Patricia McCormick writes about some very hard issues in descriptive vignettes. Sold is written in first person, so the reader can really fell what Lakshmi is going through. ”
“This book was an interesting adventure that made me realize how lucky i really am.”
jackie g wrote this review 7 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“this young thirteen year old named Lakshimi lives with her mother, little brother, and her stepfather in Nepal. They are very poor and work all day in the crops to make enough money to afford a new tin roof for their hut but they dont get very far when her stepfather gambles all their money away. So Lakshimi decides she should go to the city to work for a rich family so she can send her earnings back home. Little does she know that instead she was sold into prostitution. She is transported to what is called the Happiness House where a big woman named Mumtaz rules with an iron fist! Lakshimi is forced to be with men every night till she can pay back her debt of 20,000 rupees. But as she stays there she comes to realize that Mumtaz has tricked her out of everything and that it is almost impossible for her to pay it all back. she will be there forever. But then an American man comes to visit her and tells her of a clean place called America. He tells her of how he can get her out of there and take her to the clean place. Although she wants to belive him, some of the other women that stay at the Happines House have told her of the spies Mumtaz pays to catch the ones who will try to flee. Once they are caught, she will beat them to death. Lakshimi doesnt say a word to the American for fear of her life. But as she stays there she learns some of their language, and when another American arrives and asks her the same thing, she replies. Then she waits for him to return to save her. As time goes by, she starts to lose hope. But finally, the American returns with other men who arrest Mumtaz and rescue Lakshimi.”
Ashley M wrote this review 7 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“this book was absouly amazing. ”
B.J. M wrote this review 7 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“very heart touching.. :]”
Maryam B wrote this review 8 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“This is a book about Lakshmi, a young girl from Nepal who lives with her family in a small hut in thier village in Nepal where she helps with household chores, tends the family goat, helps with the garden, and spends time with her family and friends, like Ama and Gita. Lakshmi is even promised in marriage to a young boy there from the village. When Gita goes to work as a maid in the city, Lakshmi sees the things she can get her family with the money she brings in from her job. Despite the family living in poverty, they are making do until her step-father's poor money decisions and severe weather push them into financial crisis. Then a women from the city comes to their house and pays Lakshmi's step-father to take Lakshmi into the city for work. So Lakshmi goes with the woman all the way to Calcutta, India, where the woman forces Lakshmi to work in a brothel of young girls. Lakshmi initially refuses, but she is beaten and starved. Finally Lakshmi is too numb and weak to protest further, and she becomes just another body in the forced prostitution house known as Happiness House. Men come and go, taking what they have no right to take from a girl barely old enough to take it. The warden and other girls there induce abortions with herbal teas and pills. Finally, Lakshmi is moved to the bottom floor because she is no longer a virgin and is no longer worth as much money. She meets other girls, who try to take care of her and themselves as much as possible, and she makes friends with girld and even a boy alike. She saves up as much money as possible to perhaps buy back her freedom one day, but her plight is practically hopeless. One day an American comes and pays for Lakshmi's services, but he only asks her questions in private. Little does she know it then, but he is the one who will bring her the freedom that she covets. He organizes a raid and eventually is able to bring the authorities - who had once looked the other way when they would receive bribes from the warden woman - to shut down the place and free the girls.
Elizabeth L wrote this review 11 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
This is a difficult and disturbing book to read because of the topic, but it is well worth the read to become aware of a world out there that few people know exist. For me, I will make this book available to my students, who are 9th - 12th grade. I think this is an important piece of literature to read because reading the book allows the real-life Lakshmis out there to have their story told. If it was you in her shoes, sold into child prostitution via human trafficking, wouldn't you want someone to listen to your story? ”
“We joke about prostitution and slavery isnt really a major deal to most of us in this day in age but Sold is an eye opener. After i read this i was completely unaware of what people in Nepal went through with their daughters or sisters or aunts that go away for work and never come back home. An innocent girl who only wants to help make her family a living in this book is sold in to slavery and it unaware. She is there for years before she is rescued. An american came in one day and saw her and asked if she wanted help and gave her his card when she decided to call him he came back for her and saved her but many young girls never get away and are simply thrown away when there are "used up" Patricia McCormick depicts this amazingly in this book and its a blessing to read. it is a humbler”
Paige T wrote this review 11 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Great Book! The content is not for children but 12th graders and above should be able to handle it. It reads quickly and the authors words lead to great Vvsualizing.”
Mrs. Wade wrote this review 13 days ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No“In this book the main character is a 13 year old indian girl that is sold to prosititution by her stepfather. She goes through several obsticles to stay alive. Everyone should read this book it is great!”
Cristian T wrote this review 2 weeks ago. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
