You Have Now Been SOLD.

It's not very sunny in the high mountains of Nepal. It's monsoon season and your family crops have now been washed down the mountains. Your little hut, that you call home, holds you and your family; plus your family goat. The money is tight and your father is forced to go work, and you feel hopeless. You want to help your family, but you know in your country, there isn't much for women to do. That's when you get sold.

Lakshmi, a 13 year old girl was sold by her family to a man who gave them money for keeping their daughter for x amount of years. They, the purchaser, told the family that Lakshmi will be going into maid work. The family is poor and has no other option, but to sell Lakshmi away, to keep food on the table for the other family members. 

Sadly, the plot thickens and the story line starts to get REALLY good. Nobody would have ever thought what would have happened next. She never was ever going to become a maid. She was sold into, wait for it... keep waiting...PROSTITUTION!!!... in India. (For all of those geographically challenged people out there, India and Nepal are two different countries, next to each other, separated by mountains.) 

After I finished this book, it instantly became my favorite book.(Granted I don't read many books, and when I'm forced to by my teachers, it takes me YEARS to finish it.) I couldn't put this book down. I would recommend this book to everybody and anybody! With this fast paced, action packed, tale of Lakshmi, you, yes you, will not put this book down.