Sold

I started reading Sold and I couldn’t put the book down. I really enjoyed the story of how the author wrote it and the story and struggles that this poor girl suffered through.

When I first started reading this, I loved how she had nothing but a few cucumbers and a goat and that was all that she needed. Then I think about everything that I think I need and I feel like I have so many more things yet I always want more. There is always something new that I want. And yet all she wants is a tin roof and to make her mom happy and have a new sweater. The little things in life that make her happy and she doesn’t complain at all. I love the positive outlook on life this girl has for someone who has close to nothing.

One thing that really surprised me was how excited she was to be going with her Auntie. I know that no one told her what she was actually going to be doing. However when the lady in the store on the mountain said her hips were not wide at all I immediately knew what was going to happen. As a thirteen year old girl I wouldn’t know what was going on either and I would be just as excited and nervous to have all of these new surroundings, things and smells that I have never experienced if I were her. However I would also be very scared about what was going on.

The part that really broke my heart was when she got traded for the final time to Mumtaz. She was so innocent and didn’t know any better. When they started putting make up on her and not answering her questions my heart broke a little because she had no idea what was about to happen she just thought that it was going to a weird way to dress for chores. It made me feel uncomfortable reading the part where she walked into the room knowing that was going on was wrong and I was surprised that she fought for so long and didn’t move towards the man until she got forced. It was also difficult to read when he was basically taking her virginity and she didn’t know what was going on. I would of acted the same way as her, confused and lost and wanting to get out of the surrounding I was in.

This girls life was so hard to live through and I was surprised that she turned around all the negative and made friends to survive the situation she was in. For example when the boy Harish helps her to learn how to speak English and Hindi. That helps her so much especially in the end of the book when she gets rescued. Lakshmi proves multiple times through out this book how strong of a person she is and I admire that in her. I would never be able to do that. Reading things like this makes me realize that this happens in our world all the time. Its not just in third world countries, it happens in Seattle, Spokane and pretty much all countries around the world. The sad part is that it is hard to rescue all women and children that are trapped into this life. Luckily for Lakshmi she did get rescued and this story has a happier ending then other stories do.

I enjoyed reading this book despite the hard parts of the book that I had to read through. It opened my eyes and made me realize that if you are going through a rough time, someone somewhere is going through something worse. Sold is a book worth reading.