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"Lakshmi is a
thirteen-year-old girl who lives with her family in a small hut on a
mountain in Nepal. Though she is desperately poor, her life is full of
simple pleasures. But when the harsh Himalayan monsoons wash away all that remains
of the family’s crops, Lakshmi’s stepfather says she must leave home and
take a job to support her family. She soon learns the unthinkable
truth: she has been sold into prostitution. Lakshmi’s
life becomes a nightmare from which she cannot escape. Still, she lives
by her mother’s words— Simply to endure is to triumph—and gradually,
she forms friendships with the other girls that enable her to survive in
this terrifying new world. Then the day comes when she must make a
decision—will she risk everything for a chance to reclaim her life?"
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