Sold mccormick novel7/5/2023 ![]() When a boy who runs errands for the girls and their clients begins to teach her to read, she feels a bit more alive, remembering what it feels like to be the number one girl in class again. ![]() She is told that if she works off her families debt, she can leave, but she soon discovers that this is virtually impossible. The spare, unadorned text matches the barrenness of Lakshmis new life. I hurt./I am torn and bleeding where the men have been. In between, men come./They crush my bones with their weight./They split me open./Then they disappear. Written in free verse, the girls first-person narration is horrifying and difficult to read. ![]() Refusing to be with men, she is beaten and starved until she gives in. Then her gambling-addicted stepfather sells her into prostitution in India. Summary: Grade 9 Up – As this heartbreaking story opens, 13-year-old Lakshmi lives an ordinary life in Nepal, going to school and thinking of the boy she is to marry. I read this review and had to add yet another book to my wish list! Be sure to check out Eleni’s book blog, it is a lot of fun! A second Guest Blogger post! I am very excited to share with you this post by Eleni at LA FEMME READERS. ![]()
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