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The book begins with shyimas younger years in egypt. Two years later, the wealthy family she was sold to moved to orange county, california, and smuggled her with them. The book begins with shyima s younger years in egypt, her family plagued with financial difficulties. The true story of a modernday child slave audiobook by lisa wysocky. Jan 21, 2014 now a us citizen, she regularly speaks out about human trafficking and intends to one day become an immigration officer. Hidden girl by shyima hall by courtney suruki on prezi. When shyima hall was eight years old, her impoverished parents sold her to pay a debt. Read hidden girl the true story of a modernday child slave by shyima hall available from rakuten kobo. By the end of the book, hall has her sights firmly on her goal. Jul 18, 2018 in hidden girl, shyima candidly reveals how she overcame her harrowing circumstances and brings vital awareness to a timely and relevant topic. Hidden girl audiobook free hidden girl audio books online free. The book ends on an uplifting note as shyima becomes a mother and continues working toward her goal of becoming a police officer or working for the ice in order to save others forced into bondage.
The true story of a modernday child slave by shyima hall and lisa wysocky 3 total resources 1 awards view text complexity discover like books. The true story of a modernday child slave shyima was rescued from four years of child slavery at the age of twelve, and has since created her own free life and done all she could to help others avoid her fate. The true story of a modernday child slave audiobook by lisa wysocky, shyima hall. The true story of a modernday child slave by shyima hall with lisa wysocky about the book eightyearold shyima elsayed hassan is living in a poor neighborhood near alexandria, egypt, when her parents sell her into slavery to a wealthy egyptian family to. Because of shyimas hard life, she has learned what life is like without the luxuries we enjoy today. Shyima lived in a storage room with no heat and no airconditioning in the familys threecar garage. The speaker is shyima as she reflects on her past of being a child slave and her life after being freed from bondage. The true story of a modernday child slave by shyima hall with lisa wysocky if this book leads to even a single rescue, then my time in bondage was worth it, shyima hall writes in the penultimate paragraph in the final chapter of her new memoir. Shyimas childhood in egypt ends when her parents are blackmailed into turning over their 8yearold daughter to a wealthy couple. Hidden girl by shyima hall overdrive rakuten overdrive. In hidden girl, shyima candidly reveals how she overcame her harrowing circumstances and brings vital awareness to a timely and relevant topic. When she was ten, her captors brought her to the united states on an illegally obtained temporary visa, and two years later she was rescued by immigration and customs.
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