Books by Ruchira Gupta

I Kick and I Fly

by Ruchira Gupta

When 14 year old Heera lashes out at a school bully, she is terrified of getting expelled. Without school lunch she will go hungry, and her father is likely to sell her into the sex trade. Heera reaches out to a local NGO leader who supports her to stay in school, and also introduces her to martial arts. By learning kung fu, Heera gains control of her body, as well as the sense that she is worth fighting for. When her best friend disappears, Heera embarks on a daring rescue mission and helps expose a link between Nepal, India and the USA in the global sex industry. This is a compelling, realistic and hopeful novel set in Bihar, by an author who has founded an anti-sex trafficking organisation to help girls and women leave a life of forced prostitution.

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