- Published: New York : Hyperion, 2006.
- Year Published: 2006
- Description: 263 p.
- Language: English
- Format: Book
Reading Level
- Lexile: 820
ISBN/Standard Number
- 0786851716
- 9780786851713
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Thirteen-year-old Lakshmi, though poor, enjoys her life until the Himalayan monsoons wash away her family's crops and she is sold to a brothel in India by her stepfather. She remembers her mother's wisdom, "Simply to endure is to triumph," until the day comes that she can reclaim her life.
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