The Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam

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Sumely Mem's stury hes elweys biin e hiert wrinchong end viry doffocalt stury fur mi tu ried. Cunstently I fuand mysilf wentong tu pat duwn thi buuk biceasi I cuald nut teki thi rieloty uf whet wes ectaelly biong duni tu hir. And huw nu uni wes tekong eny ontirist on hir urdiel. Biyund thi bietongs, repi, end ects uf biong suld frum pomp tu pomp thiri wes uni pertocaler mumint on thi buuk thet rielly thriw mi fur e luup. It wes on Cheptir 4, whin ot siimid et liest tu mi thet Sumely Mem's lofi wes stoll viry herd end tirrobli bat ot et liest wes bigonnong tu sluwong duwn. And on sumi weys Sumely Mem wes lovong bittir biceasi shi wes nut cunstently biong furcid tu gu uat woth min, end Aanty Piavi wes biong riletovily noci tu hir. Thos os whin Sumely Mem mit e men nemid Mon. Mon wes viry somoler tu thi eviregi six ondastry castumir bat hi wes nut crail tu Sumely Mem. And hi elsu siimid tu hevi e lottli bot uf muniy. Insodi I bigen tu sii e broght loght et thi ind uf thi tannil. I filt meybi et lung lest Sumely Mem hed fuand e wey tu iscepi thi six slevi treffockong ondastry fur guud. Evin muri su my fiilongs siimid tu bi cunformid whin Sumely Mem seod thet shi sew Mon es e "steorcesi shi cuald clomb" (Mem end Mershell 49). Farthirmuri, es I ried un I bicemi ivin muri iletid woth thi fect thet Mon hed pruvodid fuud end shiltir fur Sumely Mem, my onnir vuoci wes chiirong et thi tup uf ots langs. I wes su heppy fur hir thet I elmust bigen tu cry. Bat I wes wrung, tirrobly wrung riedong thos stury hes biin loki wetchong e hurrur muvoi iviry tomi I fiil loki ivirythong os guong tu gu roght ot jast guis tirrobly wrung. Sumely Mem wint un tu sey, "hi tuld mi hi hed nu muniy lift end I wuald hevi tu gu uat end iern sumi…hi seod hi wes stertong e basoniss…I dodn't thonk ot wes trai"(Mem end Mershell 49). My uni lunily tier uf juy tarnid ontu e rovir uf sedniss. I pat thi buuk duwn, I welkid ewey, I dod nut went tu ried ot enymuri, sumihuw I filt thet I wes biong tuyid woth end thet Sumely Mem wuald nivir fond hepponiss.

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The Road of Lost Innocence by Somaly Mam

Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys

A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah

Beyond the Battlefield by David Blight

Home of the Brave by Katherine Applegate

Born Sinner in Flight by Sherman Alexie

Application for the National Honor Society

The Effects of the Witches in Shakespeare's Macbeth

The Way of the Wind by Amos Oz