Usually, if a book is in verse I am not too fond of it. In the case of "Sold" though, the simplicity of the writing brought life and hope to the otherwise dark events. Absolutely a book a person should have to read at least once!

Here is the link to the review I did on this book. http://imaginationalwonders.blogspot.com/2012/04/sold-patricia-mccormick-book-review.html

I think this story is trying to give all men a bad rep. It makes the reader think that men are terrible creatures when really this doesn't happen to everyone. i have complete and utter sympathy to the women and girls in these 'happiness homes', but when i found this book on a elementary school library shelf after i read it, i was in awe. This book is great for telling the world about the lives of these innocent women, but should not be read to children or anyone else who protects their soul with their media choices.

omg such a sad book make u want to cry but u love the ending read the ending and you will know what i mean

I CRIED SO MUCH! Then again that's not saying much since I cry at any book that is the least bit sad. But this book really transported you. You felt like you were there with her. You experience her emotion which is what made this book so great.

This is a book to chill the soul. Sold by Patricia McCormick tells the story of Lakshmi, a twelve year old girl from Nepal who is sold by her stepfather and finds herself a resident of the “Happiness House” in a large city in India. Beaten, starved and eventually drugged, she is forced to service male customers. Lakshmi clings to the idea that she will eventually buy her freedom, even though every time she thinks she is close, she is told she owes even more. Holding to the idea that the money she is earning is being sent home to her family, she learns to endure. She gradually forms friendships with some of the other girls in the house, and one day she learns the truth, she will never be free of this place until she is old, used-up or diseased, then she will be thrown out onto the street. Making a decision that is fraught with danger, she reaches out for help to escape this horror of a life. Knowing that this buying and selling of young girls is common practise in poor countries where life is held so cheaply makes this book a difficult read. The author presents the story in a simple, straight forward style that makes for a very quick read, but the research she has done and her writing skill has produced a heart-breaking yet inspired story of one young girls’ nightmare of being robbed of her childhood and being forced into the sex trade.

Lakshmi a thirteen year old from Nepal thinks she is going to the city to work as a ladies maid. Instead she has been sold to a brothel in India. Written in a simple free verse style it is a heartbreaking book.

Written with such a compelling message, it's hard not to read. A story which gave me shivers up my spine, and made me cry. Definitely a read for those who want a realistic view of just what global issues are doing to young children in under privileged countries...

Heartbreaking story narrated by a 13-year old girl from Nepal who is sold into sexual slavery in India. I instantly cared for Lakshmi - she lived a poor life on a mountainside in Nepal, with her strong yet submissive mother, a tiny infant brother who seems always on the verge of life and death, and a stepfather who gambles away what little they have. Lakshmi meets an alluring woman who promises her riches in the big city. A short time later, her father sells her to the woman who then takes her to work with other underage girls in a brothel in India. She sees what happens to the girls who try to leave, and is beaten into submission. The story of how she survives this life will leaving you turning the pages quickly, praying to God she finds her ways out.

Unbelievable, yet true. A dramatic eye-opener about what happens in a world so different from ours. The writing was uniquely done, as well, which made it even sadder to read.