Shyima Hall
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster BFYR
Pub. Date
2014.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
970L
Language
English
Description
The author, Shyima Hall was eight when her parents sold her into slavery. In Egypt's capitol city of Cairo, she lived with a wealthy family and serve them eighteen hours a day, seven days a week. When she was ten, her captors moved to Orange County, California, and smuggled Shyima with them. Two years later, an anonymous call from a neighbor brought about the end of Shyimas' servitude-- but her journey to true freedom was far from over. Now a US citizen,...