Hidden Girl
The True Story of a Modern-day Child Slave
New York : Simon & Schuster BFYR, [2014]
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 232 pages ; 22 cm
The author relates how she was sold by poor parents into slavery and forced to endure brutal servitude in California until a neighbor's anonymous call to the police began her journey to freedom and her subsequent efforts to fight for child slaves.
Subjects:
Hall, Shyima -- Teen literature.
Enslaved children -- Biography -- Teen literature.
Enslaved children -- United States -- Teen literature.
Child abuse -- United States -- Teen literature.
Foster parents -- United States -- Teen literature.
Enslaved children -- Teen literature.
Child abuse -- Teen literature.
Foster parents -- Teen literature.
Hall, Shyima -- Teen literature.
Enslaved children -- Biography -- Teen literature.
Enslaved children -- United States -- Teen literature.
Child abuse -- United States -- Teen literature.
Foster parents -- United States -- Teen literature.
Enslaved children -- Teen literature.
Child abuse -- Teen literature.
Foster parents -- Teen literature.
Target Audience: Grade 9 to 12.
ISBN:
1442481684
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T BIOGRAPHY Hall, Shyima | Sandhills Indoors | Teen Biography | Out (Due: 5/30/2024) |