Factory Girl

Name: Factory Girl
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Josanne La Valley
ISBN: 9781520046723

Author: Josanne La Valley

Narrator: Tavia Gilbert

Unabridged: 6 hr 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 01/24/2017

Categories: Young Adult Fiction

Synopsis

In order to save her family's farm, Roshen, sixteen, must leave her rural home to work in a factory in the south of China. There she finds arduous and degrading conditions and contempt for her minority (Uyghur) background. Sustained by her bond with other Uyghur girls, Roshen is resolved to endure all to help her family and ultimately her people. A workplace survival story, this gritty, poignant account focuses on a courageous teen and illuminates the value-and cost-of freedom.

About Josanne La Valley

Josanne LaValley traveled across the Taklamakan Desert to the Hotan region of China, where she spent time among the Uyghur. The recipient of an MFA in writing children's books from Vermont College, Ms. LaValley lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Annette

Factory Girl is a story of a group of young Uyghur girls, one of many ethnic minorities living in China, that will pull at your heartstrings. Roshen is sixteen and looking forward to becoming a teacher and marrying her sweetheart. All that changes when she is forced by the Chinese government to becom......more

Goodreads review by Alesa

If you thought you understood how awful cheap-labor factories in Asia must be, think again. This hair-raising story follows a young Uyghur girl from Northwest China, as she is forcibly conscripted into indentured servitude to prevent the authorities from seizing her father's farm. Given the news thi......more

Goodreads review by Sara

This story blew me away. The blurb alone is what made me want to read it because it's based on stories the author heard while on her travels. This heartbreaking yet powerful story will stay with me for a while. FRTC. ------------- Full review can be found here: [URL not allowed] T......more