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A review by justicepirate
Hidden Girl: The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave by Shyima Hall
3.0
About 7 years ago my mom handed me a cut-out from Reader's Digest about a girl who lived in a garage who was forced to slavery as a maid while being a pre-teen/early teen. She was freed in the US but was transported from Egypt as a bonded laborer to pay back for something her sister had done to the family in which she was a slave for.
When I saw that the story of Shyima had been made into a book, I was excited to learn what had happened more extensively and to see what life was like for her afterwards and into some of her adulthood. I was glad I was able to learn about these things.
My one issue with this story was that many times she will repeat things that had already been explained, and in doing so it is explained again even though you already read it before in other parts of the book. I listened to the audible version of this story while I was quilting. It is indeed a sad story but having good outcomes.
When I saw that the story of Shyima had been made into a book, I was excited to learn what had happened more extensively and to see what life was like for her afterwards and into some of her adulthood. I was glad I was able to learn about these things.
My one issue with this story was that many times she will repeat things that had already been explained, and in doing so it is explained again even though you already read it before in other parts of the book. I listened to the audible version of this story while I was quilting. It is indeed a sad story but having good outcomes.