{"product_id":"9781914578083-sold","title":"SOLD","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat will it take to find freedom?\u003cbr\u003e15-year-old Roza is told she's leaving Albania for better things in the UK. But her father has sold her into slavery. Overworked, beaten and abused, she doesn't think life can get much worse until she tries to escape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Compulsively Readable' - \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Compulsively readable' - \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15-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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdelina 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShe 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40707743940705,"sku":"9781914578083","price":9.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27550274.jpg?v=1721893816","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781914578083-sold","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}