Hardcover, $15.99. ISBN: 078685171-6.
Book Talk:
13 year old Lakshimi lives on a hillside in a mountain village in Nepal. When her family runs out of money, her step-father sells her to a trader in the market place.
Lakshimi finds herself trapped in a situation from which there is no escape. Smuggled across the border of Nepal into India, she is sold to a brothel where she is forced to follow the wishes of the woman in charge, or she will be killed.
This tale of true courage and strength of will of one young person will move you.
The true tale of human trafficking and the sex trade will leave you shocked and apalled.
Author's Web Site:
http://patriciamccormick.com/
Reviewer's Note:
Human Trafficking and the sex trade are growing at an alarming rate internationally. Lured by the promise of easy money to support their families, young girls from poverty stricken villages across Eastern Asia find themselves lured into situations from which there is no escape. Forced into prostitution at a young age, these girls are forced to serve hundreds of men a night until they either escape or die from a sexually transmitted disease.
I wish I could say that this horrible business only happens in other countries, but H.T. is a growing problem in the U.S., with young girls smuggled into the U.S. from other countries, or our own youth kidnapped or tricked into serving in this industry.
The subject matter is matter is mature. However, Patricia McCormick deals with a difficult situation in a loving manner. No graphic details are shared, leaving your imagination free to fill in the details of the horrors these young women live through every day.
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