Ruchira Gupta <br/><br/>
I kick and I fly / 
Ruchira Gupta. 
 - London :  Rock The Boat / One World Publications,   2023. 
<br/><br/> "On the outskirts of the red-light area in Bihar, India, Heera is living on borrowed time until the day her father decides to sell her into the sex trade to repay his loans. It is, as she's been told, the fate of all women in Girls Bazaar to end up there. But what if she can learn to fight back against 'fate'? When a local hostel owner presents her with the opportunity to practice kung fu, Heera begins to learn that her body isn't an object to be preyed upon, but a vessel through which she can protect herself. She will face unimaginable barriers -- expulsion from school, the unapologetic forces of nature, and a local trafficker who won't take his sights off her. But fate can change, and heroics are contagious. As Heera starts to piece together the whereabouts of a missing friend through a pen pal in the United States, and a competition takes her to New York, the desire to ensure her friend's survival might just lead her to make the ultimate risk" -- Page 2 of cover. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780861546947 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Teenage girls--India--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Child trafficking--India--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Kung fu--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Debt--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Families--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Prostitution--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Youth hostels--India--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Child trafficking--India--Fiction.<br/>Kung fu--Fiction.<br/>Debt--Fiction.<br/>Family life--Fiction.<br/>Prostitution--Fiction.<br/>Youth hostels--Fiction.<br/>Child trafficking.<br/>Debt.<br/>Families.<br/>Kung fu.<br/>Prostitution.<br/>Teenage girls.<br/>Youth hostels.<br/>Debt--Fiction.<br/>Families--Fiction.<br/>Sex trades--Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Bihar (India)--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Bihar (India)--Fiction.<br/>India--Fiction.<br/>India.<br/>India--Bihar.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Fiction.<br/>Juvenile works.<br/>Novels.<br/>Social problem fiction.<br/>Young adult works.<br/>Young adult fiction.<br/>Social problem fiction.<br/>Novels.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>813  / RUC/I