Young Adult Literature English Grade 11 Justine Chew March 12, 2009

Sold Menu Slide Title Slide Information on Author, Patricia McCormickInformation on Author, Patricia McCormick Important Information to be Aware of on Trafficking of Children for Sexual PurposesImportant Information to be Aware of on Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes Teacher Informational Slides Power Point Quiz Windows Movie Maker

Class Review of Sold The novel, Sold, was set in a small village in Nepal. Lakshmi lived with her mother (Ama), her father, and her little baby brother. Times were hard. There was little food, rough weather, and a father with a selfish gambling problem always playing cards down at the tea shop.

Cont. The family earned money through selling cucumbers and other small trades. The father would gamble that away. When money was too tight, Lakshmi agreed to go into the city and work as a maid for a white family. Her father took her to be sold, and received money immediately for her services. Lakshmi was confused, but trusting.

Cont. Her new “Auntie” would bring her into the city to work for her. They meet a strange man who pays Auntie and who Lakshmi must pretend to be married to in order to cross the border. Once in the city, a dirty, gross city, Lakshmi is once again traded to a woman named Mumtaz who owned her own house with lots and lots of maids in it. Lakshmi soon finds out she is not a maid, but instead a sex slave to Mumtaz who now owes her 20,000 rupees before she can leave the brothel.

Why We Have Read This Novel… This is how young women every day are trapped into sex slavery. They are as young as ten years old, and are promised only a measly, embarrassing, and painful life. The cops are dirty, the men are abusive, and the owners of these young women completely relentless and unsympathetic. Sold is a novel that was written to bring awareness to these young, innocent women who are so undeserving of this immoral treatment. If discussed more openly, there is opportunity for growth of the operations fighting for the freedom of these girls and the rebuilding of thousands of young lives.

Book Review Quiz: Ama Gita Monica Anita Which one of Lakshmi’s childhood friends went to the city to work as a maid before Lakshmi left her small village?

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Book Review Quiz: He laughs. He kisses her. He won’t buy Lakshmi. He slaps Auntie Bimla. What does the strange man do when Auntie Bimla lies to him and says Lakshmi is twelve (when she is actually 13)?

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Book Review Quiz: Happiness House DreamCatcher Motel Girls Girls Girls Mumtaz Ladies’ Club and Bar What is the name of the prostitution house Lakshmi is sold to which is under the ownership of Mumtaz?

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Searching McCormick’s Biographical Website Quiz: Town and Country The New York Times Book Review Reader’s Digest Men’s Health Which publication below has McCormick not written for in the past?

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Which is not true about the ECPAT-USA ? (End Child Pornography and Trafficking of Children For Sexual Purposes) Check Website in Menu Slides for Answer To protect all children from commercial sexual exploitation Is part of the ECPAT global network of organizations and individuals working together Team up with popular authors and release literature to spread knowledge on the topic Seek to end the sexual exploitation of children trafficked to the USA, American children trafficked within the USA, and children exploited by Americans abroad.

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References! ECPAT-USA End Child Prostitution Pornography and Trafficking ECPAT- USA. 9 Mar McCormick, Patricia. Sold. New York. New York.: Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, Patricia McCormick Patricia McCormick: Author. 16 Mar

We All Need to Stay Aware And Keep Aiding in the Protection of Human Life The End.