Sold by Patricia McCormick Resonse #4

After some time passes in the house, Lakshmi is brought to live downstairs in a shared room with the rest of the girls. The only thing that separates them is a thin sheet surrounding the bed. Lakshmi starts to keep track of the debt she owes, careful to not spend any unnecessary rupees in order to leave faster. Lakshmi has also met a little boy in the house who begins to teach her how to read and gives her something to look forward to each day. Living downstairs, Lakshmi now has to try to seduce her clients into chosing her in order to make more money faster so she can leave. One day, an American client comes and tells Lakshmi he can rescue her. Being told that Americans fool the girls into thinking that they can escape, they only end up shaming them by letting them run around exposed in the streets; Lakshmi is hesitent to believe him. When one day the man comes back for her with the police department and Lakshmi runs free from her hiding spot and successfully escapes with the American man and police department.

Sold by Patricia McCormick Response #3

The book has taken a dramatic turn or events. It is revealed that Lakshmi was deceived and not sold to be a maid in the city, she was sold to be a sex slave. After her long journey, she gets brought to a house full of others girls in her situation and is told she cannot leave until her debt is paid off. In order to pay off her debt, she must sleep with men. Being that Lakshmi is new to the house, she is locked away in a room alone where the men come and pay a higher price for her. Lakshmi is resistent and is then given medication each night that makes her groggy and unresponsive. During the day Lakshmi sits alone and is often beat with a whip by the owner of the house and the owner of the girls.

Sold by Patricia McCormick Response #2

On the way to the city, Lakshmi gets to experience many new things she has never encountered before. Lakshmi got to ride in the back of a wagon for the first time with her auntie. Once they arrived to the new house Lakshmi will be a maid at, her auntie gives her a new dress and a pair of shoes. Auntie told Lakshmi she needs to forget about her old country ways of not changing in front of others and not wearing shoes. She also gives Lakshmi tips such as not to use the same rag you wipe the floor with to do the dishes. Lakshmi is frightened that the new family she lives with is going to be cruel or she is going to mess up and dissapoint her family. This is a lot of pressure for a little girl and I think Lakshmi is handling herself very well.

Sold by Patricia McCormick Response #1

Sold by Patricia McCormick started off slow, but eventually got interesting. It is a story about a young girl, Lakshmi, who gets sold to be a maid in the city. Lakshmi's stepfather has a gambling problem and keeps trading all of her family's possessions away. Eventually, when they run out of money Lakshmi has to drop out of school in order to support her family. I ended on the part where she made it to the city and is preparing to start working in her new home as a maid.

Messenger

The book I just finished reading is Messenger, by Lois Lowry. In this novel, a boy named Matty is gifted with the rare and special power of “healing.” This means he has the ability to cure illness, injury, deformities, and other disabilities. The only problem is every time Matty uses his gift, he grows weaker. When an evil comes to Matty’s community, it corrupts the good souls of the people into something destructive. Now, Matty has the chance to heal his community and allow things to return to normal, knowing it will kill him if he does. The question I have for you is, would you be able to sacrifice your life in order to save the ones you love?