Banned Book: SOLD by Patricia McCormick

The 2006 book Sold, by Patricia McCormick, is a powerful and emotional story based off of 3 years of research she conducted—looking in to the lives of Nepalese girls and tragic realities of human trafficking. Today's episode talks about what this book is about, why its been banned, the style its written in and why stories like the main character Lakshmi's, should never be banned.

Next up --> 2021 film Black Friday

PEN America:
https://pen.org/banned-book-list-2023/ (Updated SOLD move to 7th with a Tie to 13 reasons Why) ---So sorry recorded this episode before the article!
https://pen.org/banned-books-list-fall-2022/ (This is when SOLD tied with PUSH for 6th)

Human Trafficking Resources/Information:

https://www.dhs.gov/blue-campaign/what-human-trafficking
https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-Trafficking/Human-Trafficking.html
https://www.state.gov/humantrafficking-about-human-trafficking/
https://www.state.gov/identify-and-assist-a-trafficking-victim/
https://www.dhs.gov/blue-campaign/indicators-human-trafficking
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https://apneaap.org/
https://savethedaughters.org/
https://www.didiproject.org/
https://www.amnesty.org/en/
https://www.wearepact.org/
https://www.vitalvoices.org/

Patricia McCormick website:
https://www.patriciamccormick.com/

Interviews:
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/07/opinion/sexual-assualt-book-ban.html#:~:text=To%20ban%20this%20book%2C%20which,them%20to%20share%20their%20stories.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/3-questions-for-patricia-mccormick-whose-book-sold-has-been-banned-in-6-states-090032171.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAGH0awZOm5uCzocSmyai4ThMUU1b4mBVscz0IzGsE9LKtgICz6hKF2UcJ6r2SgVTrZ8BgwLHo9amu-G3am7D2fbzR9jMvtAoCZnT8BuZVMNnoHlEteFW0wqJ33mAVPc3tYwO4UEGeK-lYE6QYxCXZB2Kz_fG8MJWkpY6q3R6_zxO

Trailer for SOLD:
https://youtu.be/15JFTJbkQw0?si=LyaFMgJIvjwRriE0