Hidden Girl, Shyima Hall
Hidden Girl, Shyima Hall
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Hidden Girl
The True Story of a Modern-Day Child Slave

Author: Shyima Hall, Lisa Wysocky

Narrator: Robin Eller

Unabridged: 6 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 06/25/2014

Synopsis

Shyima Hall was born in Egypt on September 29, 1989, the seventh child of desperately poor parents. When she was eight, her parents sold her into slavery. Shyima then moved two hours away to Egypt's capitol city of Cairo to live with a wealthy family and serve them eighteen hours a day, seven days a week. When she was ten, her captors moved to Orange County, California, and smuggled Shyima with them. Two years later, an anonymous call from a neighbor brought about the end of Shyima's servitude—but her journey to true freedom was far from over.

A volunteer at her local police department since she was a teenager, Shyima is passionate about helping to rescue others who are in bondage. Now a U.S. citizen, she regularly speaks out about human trafficking and intends to one day become an immigration officer. In Hidden Girl, Shyima candidly reveals how she overcame her harrowing circumstances and brings vital awareness to a timely and relevant topic.

About Shyima Hall

Shyima Hall was born in Egypt and sold into slavery at the age of eight. When she was ten, her captors brought her to the United States on an illegally obtained temporary visa, and two years later she was rescued by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials and moved to a group home. Shyima became an American citizen at age twenty-one and hopes to become an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent. When Shyima is not working or volunteering at the police station, she enjoys listening to music, watching movies, and spending time with her friends. Shyima lives in Riverside County, California.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Kyoko on October 21, 2016

Todavía estoy pensando si darle un 3,5 o un 4. Pero que mi calificación no los engañe, el libro me mantuvo enganchada absolutamente todo el tiempo. No voy a decir que disfruté la lectura porque por el contrario, la sufrí bastante. Es que su temática no da para sentir otra cosa: la esclavitud de una p......more

Goodreads review by Isa on August 08, 2015

WOW... cuando empecé a leer el libro no me esperaba 1) que fuera una historia TAN real, 2) que estuviera situada entre finales del siglo XX y comienzos del XXI y 3) que la protagonista fuera la misma escritora. El que ella haya vivido todo lo que escribió me pareció muy fuerte e impresionante. Tras......more

Goodreads review by Bobbie on April 06, 2014

The narrative of Hidden Girl is interesting enough to make you want to read to the end. You'll root for Shyima to overcome the obstacles that occur because of others' choices about her life, and the story is fulfilling enough in the scope of her experiences that I'd recommend it to others who are in......more

Goodreads review by Claire on October 11, 2016

2 stars because Shyima's story is interesting and pretty harrowing. It takes bravery to share this kind of experience with the world. Only 2 stars because the writing was fairly atrocious. The narrative was disjointed, lacked depth, fluency and at times was painfully repetitive.......more

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