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A review by skorned
Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave by Shyima Hall
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
I heard about Shyima's story from "California, A Slave State" and found her story at once horrible, and fascinating.
Her story of being sold into bondage and forced to work as a slave in Egypt, then trafficked to the US on an illegal visa sounds like its from a Jack Reacher novel of something, but it happened.
This is a book written for teens, which might be why it feels repetitive and simplistic toward the end. I also struggled with the heroic descriptions and portrayal of ICE and police in general. While I'm very glad they did something good here, I find it difficult to uplift the institution as a whole, and find it interesting that she wants to go into police work.
Her story of being sold into bondage and forced to work as a slave in Egypt, then trafficked to the US on an illegal visa sounds like its from a Jack Reacher novel of something, but it happened.
This is a book written for teens, which might be why it feels repetitive and simplistic toward the end. I also struggled with the heroic descriptions and portrayal of ICE and police in general. While I'm very glad they did something good here, I find it difficult to uplift the institution as a whole, and find it interesting that she wants to go into police work.