| 1 | ''Sold'' is a novel written by Patricia [=McCormick=]. It tells the story of Lakshmi, a 13-year-old girl living in Nepal, who is is [[TitleDrop sold]] into the [[TheOldestProfession sex trade]] by her stepfather to pay for gambling debts. |
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| 3 | The book itself is fictional, though [=McCormick=] [[ShownTheirWork reportedly traveled to India and Nepal]] to interview girls in the red-light district, as well as girls rescued from the sex trade. |
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| 6 | !! ''Sold'' features examples of: |
| 7 | * AdaptationalBadass: Lakshmi in the novels is a more passive character, ultimately being rescued by police. The film has her plan her own escape, even training herself to chew and spit red chillies as a defense method. |
| 8 | * AdaptationalHeroism: In the novel, Lakshmi is rescued during a raid on the brothel. In the film, she successfully escapes on her own and then leads the police to raid the brothel, rescuing the other girls being held there. |
| 9 | * BasedOnATrueStory: Sophia, the American humanitarian photographer, is loosely based on real-life photographer Lisa Kristine. |
| 10 | * DrivenToSuicide: Lakshmi contemplates jumping off the roof of the brothel during her first few weeks there. |
| 11 | * FemalesAreMoreInnocent: Averted with Mumtaz (the brothel's madam) and Bimla (who tricks the girls into coming to Kolkata by offering them work as household maids). |
| 12 | * KickTheDog: pretty much the entirety of Lakshmi's first few weeks at the brothel. |
| 13 | * JustAStupidAccent: The main characters should be speaking mostly Nepali and Bengali, but the film has them dialoguing almost entirely in English. |
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