Summary Of Sold By Patricia Mccormick

Sold is a 263-pages realistic fiction written by Patricia McCormick. It was published by Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, an imprint of Disney Book Group, in 2008. This novel tells a story of a young girl from Nepal sold into prostitution in India.

The trafficking of children has drawn a great deal of attention nowaday. McCormick’s book, Sold, tell a story from the point of view of one of those girls, and shows the world what is happening to those children. Moreover, McCormick indicates that there is always kindness even in the grimmest situations.

The novel is told from the point of view of a thirteen-year-old girl, Lakshmi, taking place in an isolated village in Nepal and red-light district in India. While the author balances some despair

Lakshmi is a thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small village in the mountains of Nepal. She has a goat that she considers as friend, a baby brother, a mother who she loves deadly, and a gambling stepfather who does not work at all. Although her family is desperately poor, there still some simple pleasures and hopes in her life: raising her goat, taking care of her cucumbers, having a small pieces of sweet cake, and dreaming of marrying with the boy she likes.

However, the harsh Himalayan monsoons wash away all of her family’s crops. As a result, Lakshmi’s stepfather says she must go to the city and earn hers keep as a maid. He brings Lakshmi to a stranger to take her away. On the way to the city, Lakshmi sees a world totally different from what she knows and understands. After several-days traveling, Lakshmi meets a man who takes her across the boundary to India and eventually to a place named Happiness House. At that moment, Lakshmi is full of hope and ready to work as a maid. But then, she is taken to a small room where a man tries to rape her. Confused and frightened, Lakshmi finally realizes that she has been sold into

At the beginning of the story, Lakshmi is in her hometown, an isolated small village in the mountains of Nepal. Her family is living in poverty. But Lakshmi is a seeker, searching for joy and happiness. For instance, “that silly goat” follows her everywhere, even in school, which always pleases her. Besides, she names the seven cucumbers that she treats as her children. “There is the tiny one, Muthi. Nearby is Yeti…” (McCormick 8) It is obvious that Lakshmi is a great seeker, and her life is full of simple pleasures. Even after she is sold into prostitution, she is still good at seeking peace of mind. At the time when she sinks into despair, living in endless nightmares, Lakshmi builds friendships there, bringing her life little warmth. That Harish teaches her languages also lightens her life a little. Kindness exists even in the most painful