Hidden girl : the true story of a modern-day child slave /
Shyima Hall with Lisa Wysocky.
- First Edition.
- New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, 2014.
- 232 p. ; 22 cm.
The author, Shyima Hall was eight when her parents sold her into slavery. In Egypt's capitol city of Cairo, she lived with a wealthy family and serve them eighteen hours a day, seven days a week. When she was ten, her captors moved to Orange County, California, and smuggled Shyima with them. Two years later, an anonymous call from a neighbor brought about the end of Shyimas' servitude-- but her journey to true freedom was far from over. Now a US citizen, she regularly speaks out about human trafficking and candidly reveals how she overcame her harrowing circumstances.
Grade 9 to 12.
9781442481688 (hc.) 1442481684 (hc.)
2013011860
Hall, Shyima.
Child slaves. Child slaves--United States. Child abuse--United States. Foster parents--United States.