Poor, alone, “Sold,” I read aloud as I ran my fingers across the image of the girl on the book's cover – the girl who had so easily grabbed me. Sold tells a story about a Nepalese girl named Lakshmi. Her family is desperate for money, but they all know that no one is going to walk through the door of their thatched hut and hand them a check. To help keep his gambling habit alive, Lakshmi's stepfather sells her into prostitution without her knowledge. She is told she is going to be a maid in the city and feels proud to help earn the money needed to buy her family the new tin roof their shack so desperately needs. After a long journey with her traffickers, she ends up alone in a brothel in Calcutta, India. Then gradually, Lakshmi’s life turns
