Título: I Kick and I Fly
Autor: Ruchira Gupta
Sinopse: A 2024 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults Selection
A 2024 ALA Rise: A Feminist Book Project Titles Selection
"In I Kick and I Fly, Ruchira Gupta has given young readers an irresistible story, and also one that could save lives. This book is a gift." -- Gloria Steinem
A propulsive social justice adventure by renowned activist and award-winning documentarian Ruchira Gupta, I Kick and I Fly is an inspiring, hopeful story of triumph about a girl in Bihar, India, who escapes being sold into the sex trade when a local hostel owner helps her to understand the value of her body through kung fu.
On the outskirts of the Red Light District in Bihar, India, fourteen-year-old Heera is living on borrowed time until her father sells her into the sex trade to help feed their family and repay his loans. It is, as she's been told, the fate of the women in her community to end up here. But watching her cousin, Mira Di, live this life day in and day out is hard enough. To live it feels like the worst fate imaginable. And after a run-in with a bully leads to her expulsion from school, it feels closer than ever.
But when a local hostel owner shows up at Heera's home with the money to repay her family's debt, Heera begins to learn that fate can change. Destiny can be disrupted. Heroics can be contagious.
It's at the local hostel for at risk girls that Heera is given a transformative opportunity: learning kung fu with the other girls. Through the practice of martial arts, she starts to understand that her body isn't a an object to be commodified and preyed upon, but a vessel through which she can protect herself and those around her. And when Heera discovers the whereabouts of her missing friend, Rosy, through a kung fu pen pal in the US, she makes the decision to embark on a daring rescue mission to New York in an attempt to save her.
A triumphant, shocking account inspired by Ruchira Gupta's experience making the Emmy-award winning documentary, The Selling of Innocents, this is an unforgettable story of overcoming adversity by a life-long activist who has dedicated her life to creating a world where no child is bought or sold.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “I Kick and I Fly”, de Ruchira Gupta, publicado pela editora Scholastic Press, em 2023 e com 352 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Scholastic Press
Páginas: 352
Ano: 2023-04-18
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1338825097
ISBN13: 9781338825091
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Scholastic Press oferecem uma experiência de leitura marcada por narrativas que transitam entre mundos fantásticos, conflitos pessoais e desafios sociais, muitas vezes ambientados em cenários contemporâneos ou históricos. A tensão entre o real e o mágico aparece com frequência, seja em histórias de magia e aventura juvenil, seja em relatos de sobrevivência e descobertas pessoais. O catálogo revela personagens jovens enfrentando dilemas de identidade, amizade e poder, com um tom que varia do suspense à leveza, incluindo momentos de humor e emoção. As tramas costumam explorar relações complexas, desde alianças improváveis até confrontos éticos, sempre com ritmo dinâmico e envolvente.
