

Factory Girl
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
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
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.
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
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
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