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A01=Sue Barrow
Albania
Author_Sue Barrow
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child trafficking
domestic slavery
Eastern Europe
England
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human trafficking
social issues
strong female lead
tense domestic thriller
young adult
young adult novels about social issues
Product details
- ISBN 9781914578083
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 01 Feb 2023
- Publisher: Cadence Publishing
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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'Compulsively readable' - The Guardian
15-year-old Roza thinks she's leaving Albania for better things in the UK. As she arrives, she realises her father has sold her to get out of debt.
Adelina and Jozif Braka now consider Roza their property. They work her hard, beat and starve her, and refuse to let her go out. But she must tell people they are her parents. She runs to the police for help, but the Brakas produce a forged birth certificate. She is dismissed as attention-seeking and returned to them for punishment.
She doesn't think life can get much worse. However, when she tries to escape, she's sent to a holding house full of other enslaved girls. This appears to be the first British YA novel to explore child trafficking. It should appeal to fans of Miriam Halahmy, Anne Cassidy, and Laurie Halse Anderson.
15-year-old Roza thinks she's leaving Albania for better things in the UK. As she arrives, she realises her father has sold her to get out of debt.
Adelina and Jozif Braka now consider Roza their property. They work her hard, beat and starve her, and refuse to let her go out. But she must tell people they are her parents. She runs to the police for help, but the Brakas produce a forged birth certificate. She is dismissed as attention-seeking and returned to them for punishment.
She doesn't think life can get much worse. However, when she tries to escape, she's sent to a holding house full of other enslaved girls. This appears to be the first British YA novel to explore child trafficking. It should appeal to fans of Miriam Halahmy, Anne Cassidy, and Laurie Halse Anderson.
SOLD is Sue Barrow's second novel. Her debut, Keeping Secrets, was published by Pont in 2006. She's also the author of Hometown Histories for both Cardiff and the South Wales Valleys.
Sue has lived in Cardiff for most of her life. She loves walking the Wales coastal path, eating shellfish and beating her family at board games.
