Sold by Patricia McCormick

Lakshmi is a 13 year old girl living with her mother and step father in Nepal. They are very poor, but Lakshmi enjoys life. When a hurricane washes away the rest of their crops, she must get a job to help the family. Under the impression that she is going to be a maid in the big city, Lakshmi finds herself the victim of a sex trade ring. She has been sold in to prostitution.

This was a sad story but all too often a reality. I was disappointed that there were some errors in the book as far as misused or missing punctuation and some misspelled words. I don't know if it just happened to be my library kindle copy or what. I also thought that the chapters could have been better organized. But over all, it was a decent story.