An average Nepalese girl, 13-year-old Lakshmi knows little of the world outside her Himalayan villiage. But when money becomes tight she leaves her home to work as a maid in the city, or so she thinks. In actuality she has been sold into sexual slavery and is transported to a brothel in Calcutta. There she experiences unimaginable horrors as she is starved, beaten, and raped repeatedly. McCormick's novel is an unforgettable account of current sexually slavery in the world.

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Child slavery, sexual situations, child prostitution, rape, physical/verbal abuse

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McCormick, Patricia - Sold