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# Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave

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desertcart.com: Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave: 9781442481695: Hall, Shyima, Wysocky, Lisa: Books

Review: Must Read! - I remember reading about Shyima Hall in the news: a girl kept as a family slave, literally right under everyone’s nose. It’s one thing to hear about such things happening. It’s quite another to have it so close to home. (She was in Irvine in Orange County. I was living in Tustin, an adjacent city, during the time.) Some years later, when I heard about her memoir, Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave (Simon & Schuster, 2014), I was eager to have a chance to read her side of the story. The book begins with Shyima’s younger years in Egypt, her family plagued with financial difficulties. While the author doesn’t excuse her parents handing her over to work for another family, the book does show the reader why they probably felt they had no other choice. Kept as a slave, eight-year-old Shyima tolerated substandard living arrangements, received no education, and had no time for herself. It was work day and night. She kept track of time passed by the birthdays of her owners’ children. When her owners decided to move to the United States, they went to a lot of trouble to make sure Shyima joined them. Shyima’s life of slavery continued over here, until someone dropped an anonymous tip about the suspicious girl to the police. Now free, Shyima’s struggles didn’t end. She faced court trials, foster family drama, and the struggle of trying to find her place in a very different culture. But in the end, you can see that she’s happy and optimistic about life and eager to educate the American public about the modern-day slave trafficking problem. Hidden Girl is a great book, taking its reader through a whole range of emotions. Cowriter Lisa Wysocky did an excellent job keeping a very foreign and little girlish voice to the narrative. And it was encouraging for me to learn that the Orangewood Children’s Home (with which my old church had been involved) played a positive role in helping her. The book is good evidence that – even though there’s a lot of social and economic issues abroad – there are real problems here at home that need our attention too.
Review: Great book for people who don't enjoy reading - Hidden Girl by Shyima Hall is an empowering memoir about a human trafficking survivor who recounts her experiences of being sold into child slavery and what she did to overcome the trauma she experienced. This book encounters sensitive topics about abuse, exploitation, and grief along with uplifting themes about resiliency, loyalty and freedom through a first person perspective. Hidden Girl has proved to be a fan favorite receiving high ratings of 4.6 stars and obtaining the Mom’s Choice award along with the Junior Library Guild Selections - 2014. If you want a book that features a captivating story about the process of being trafficked and recovering from such trauma and tragedy, Hidden Girl is the book for you.

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Must Read!
*by J***Y on January 28, 2016*

I remember reading about Shyima Hall in the news: a girl kept as a family slave, literally right under everyone’s nose. It’s one thing to hear about such things happening. It’s quite another to have it so close to home. (She was in Irvine in Orange County. I was living in Tustin, an adjacent city, during the time.) Some years later, when I heard about her memoir, Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave (Simon & Schuster, 2014), I was eager to have a chance to read her side of the story. The book begins with Shyima’s younger years in Egypt, her family plagued with financial difficulties. While the author doesn’t excuse her parents handing her over to work for another family, the book does show the reader why they probably felt they had no other choice. Kept as a slave, eight-year-old Shyima tolerated substandard living arrangements, received no education, and had no time for herself. It was work day and night. She kept track of time passed by the birthdays of her owners’ children. When her owners decided to move to the United States, they went to a lot of trouble to make sure Shyima joined them. Shyima’s life of slavery continued over here, until someone dropped an anonymous tip about the suspicious girl to the police. Now free, Shyima’s struggles didn’t end. She faced court trials, foster family drama, and the struggle of trying to find her place in a very different culture. But in the end, you can see that she’s happy and optimistic about life and eager to educate the American public about the modern-day slave trafficking problem. Hidden Girl is a great book, taking its reader through a whole range of emotions. Cowriter Lisa Wysocky did an excellent job keeping a very foreign and little girlish voice to the narrative. And it was encouraging for me to learn that the Orangewood Children’s Home (with which my old church had been involved) played a positive role in helping her. The book is good evidence that – even though there’s a lot of social and economic issues abroad – there are real problems here at home that need our attention too.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great book for people who don't enjoy reading
*by J***T on May 15, 2024*

Hidden Girl by Shyima Hall is an empowering memoir about a human trafficking survivor who recounts her experiences of being sold into child slavery and what she did to overcome the trauma she experienced. This book encounters sensitive topics about abuse, exploitation, and grief along with uplifting themes about resiliency, loyalty and freedom through a first person perspective. Hidden Girl has proved to be a fan favorite receiving high ratings of 4.6 stars and obtaining the Mom’s Choice award along with the Junior Library Guild Selections - 2014. If you want a book that features a captivating story about the process of being trafficked and recovering from such trauma and tragedy, Hidden Girl is the book for you.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ An interesting and true story.
*by L***M on May 16, 2024*

As I was reading the memoir Hidden Girl by Shyima Hall, I became aware of the fact that there’s things going on in people’s lives that we don’t understand. The book itself proves that some people really do have to go through these things. She touches on the cruel events she had to go through and encounter. She shows how resilient one can be and how to persevere through the really rough times. Even when the times were very draining on Shyima, she never gave up and later down the road she got the freedom she dreamed of. If you’re looking for an emotionally touching and true story, Hidden Girl is the book for you.

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