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Reads its all true
but
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A CHILD
SLAVE
IN CALIFO
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Nonfiction
AS YOU READ,
THINK ABOUT:
Shyima
ORNIA
This is the
house in
Irvine,
California,
where Shyima
was enslaved.
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Stealing a Life
Nearly every
culture on nearly
every continent on
Shyimas
captor,
Nasser
Ibrahim
Shyima says the Ibrahims constantly berated her. Nothing was ever clean enough for [Motelib], Shyima
says. She would come in and say, This is dirty, or You didnt do it right, or You ruined the food.
life, he says.
Shaghala
Kevin Bales
Irvine, California.
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Slavery is
like someone
is mugging you
and stealing
your life.
widespread.)
Shyima go to America.
It was against the law to bring
Human trafficking, as
it is called, is the fastestgrowing criminal industry
in the world. More than
NUMBER OF SLAVES
PER REGION*
Jim McMahon/Mapman
IRVINE, CALIFORNIA
EGYPT
Middle
East
Asia
The Caribbean
Central
America
TYPE OF SLAVERY
Slave labor used
both internally and exported
Mainly a receiver of slave
labor and products
SOURCE: Freetheslaves.net (2012)
Europe
North
America
South
America
*On this map, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America
represent a region. Africa and the Middle East also represent a region.
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expensive.
in darkness.
LITERATURE CONNECTION
A New Life
As Shyima was driven away
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Who I Want to Be
On December 15, 2011,
Shyima stood in a packed
room in Montebello,
California. She was
dressed in a stylish black
top and pants. In her hand
was a tiny American flag.
Her nails were perfectly
manicured, her hair and
earlier.
trafficking.
want to be.
contest
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