Sold by Patricia McCormick, ISBN 9781741751055

> Children's Books > Fiction Books Author: Patricia McCormick The heart-wrenching story of Lakshmi, from Nepal, who is sold into prostitution at the age of 13, and kept captive in Happiness House -- where she not only survives, against all odds, but triumphs. Lakshmi's family is desperately poor, but village life in the mountains of Nepal has its share of pleasures. When the monsoons wreck their crops yet again, Lakshmi's stepfather says she must leave home and take a job to support her family. She arrives at Happiness House full of hope, but soon learns the unthinkable truth -- s he has been sold into prostitution This new world becomes a nightmare from which there is no escape. But, very gradually, Lakshmi makes friends with others in the house, and gathers her courage, until the day she has to face the hardest decision of all: will she risk everything to reclaim her life? Special Online Price Only RRP: $17.95 QBD: $15.26 Availability: Available at our supplier, usually ships in 10 to 14 days. Available now at these stores ISBN 13: 9781741751055 ISBN 10: 1741751055 Binding: Paperback Pages: 288 Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm Released: 01/02/2007

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