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Gr 9 Up—La Valley's novel is about the exploitation of Chinese factory workers. "Selected" at age 16, Roshen leaves her family in the remote Uyghur region of northwest China to work in a clothes factory. She works 12-hour days in a windowless, stuffy room and suffers abuse under horrific conditions. Rounding out her dismal life, Roshen and her fellow Uyghur workmates are Muslim, but they are served pork and are forbidden to wear headscarves. Roshen's friends lack character development an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More