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"Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi leaves her poor mountain home in Nepal thinking that she is to work in the city as a maid only to find that she has been sold into the sex slave trade in India and that there is no hope of escape." - HELM
Why was this book challenged?
Why was this book challenged?
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Reasons: Sexual Content
Reasons: Sexual Content
Sold was one of 35 titles challenged by a parent in the Council Rock School District (PA) for “sexual content.”
In an essay for the New York Times, McCormick writes, "To ban this book, which is based on interviews I conducted with girls in India and Nepal who had been sold into slavery, is to dishonor their real-life experiences and the courage it took for them to share their stories."
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Ways to read this book at STCC!
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