On February 5th, Loveday, Sophia R., Gaia, Chloe and I met the wonderful Patricia McCormick.  She is the author of Never Fall Down, Purple Heart, My Brother’s Keeper, Cut and the amazing book Sold.  We mainly spoke to her about her work during the creation of the book Sold.  Sold is about a girl who was sold into the sex trafficking industry in Nepal by her father.  The book is written in stanzas and it is an amazing read.  The interesting thing about this book is that it is realistic fiction.  Patricia McCormick actually went to Nepal and interviewed many women who had been sex trafficked.  When she spoke about their experiences she was shocked, but she had to remain professional because she was interviewing them.  She also spoke about how hard it was to interview them because she had to make them go deep enough into their story so she can get details, but not deep enough that it will scar them.  Also she had to remain professional through out the whole interview.  She was telling us that when she was speaking to some of these girls, she would want to hug them and start crying, but she had to remove herself from the situation and become a journalist.  I found it amazing, she had so much courage to speak to these girls.  Another thing I would like to add is the that Patricia McCormick went into brothels and interviewed these girls.

Patricia McCormick also presented something to the whole class.  She mainly spoke about her visit to Nepal, but once she came to the end of her presentation, she spoke more about the girls.  She specifically spoke about the children in the brothels.  She told us that the girls who were born in the brothel would become sex trafficked.  She also said that the boys born in the brothel would probably become pimps, which is extremely upsetting.  Other than that she was an amazing and inspiring person to meet.   I also definitely recommend any one of the books she has written, especially Sold.