SOLD by Patricia McCormick Drug Dependency & Recovery his neighbors invite a few

his neighbors invite a few of their friends

different can be deadly

eat—and move their bodies

Then a simple touch causes poisonous flowers to bloom in her father’s chest

SOLD by Patricia McCormick Drug Dependency & Recovery his neighbors invite a fewThe powerful, poignant, bestselling National Book Award finalist gives voice to a young girl robbed of her childhood yet determined to find the strength to triumph. Lakshmi is a thirteen year old girl who lives with her family in a small hut on a mountain in Nepal. Though she is desperately poor, her life is full of simple pleasures, like playing hopscotch with her best friend from school, and having her mother brush her hair by the light of an oil