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• • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Kidsocado (December 1, 2024)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ Persian
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 166 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1778920357
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1778920356
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.83 x 0.35 x 8.27 inches

I found the inspiration to write the novel The Child Who Was Sold in the sorrowful, fearful, and alienated gaze of a seven- or eight-year-old boy. I saw him sitting quietly in the corner of a room during my research. He looked so lost, and it seemed as if he might burst into tears at any moment. If I were to say he was utterly broken from loneliness and abandonment, it would not be an exaggeration.

He only knew his own name—he had heard it from his mother. But he did not know the name of his mother, father, city, village, or neighborhood. He only wished to return home, but he had no idea where home was. He had been sold, just like dozens of other children and adolescents who had been sold into lives of bitter and untold suffering.

I wrote this novel as both a writer and a responsible citizen of the world, to awaken the conscience of global society and call for the support and liberation of children—these slaves of the modern era. I humbly request everyone to purchase and read this novel, as its proceeds go toward supporting children. I encourage you to share it with parents, teachers, and officials.

I also appeal to friends skilled in translation to help by translating this work into different languages so that we may assist in freeing children from poverty, death, sexual exploitation, and other injustices. May we strive for the liberation of children—of boys and girls sold into suffering.

This is how I began the novel:

"His name was Amin. He had first heard his name from his mother. Later, he heard it from the thin, ill-tempered, dark-skinned man who had purchased him, and he remembered it. He had no memory of his father—he didn’t know who he was, where he had gone, or what had happened to him.

From his mother, he remembered a floral-patterned dress, a white scarf, a thin and pale face, and tear-filled, sorrowful black eyes. He also remembered a faint and blurred image of the moment she sold him. Her gaze fell upon him, and she could not bear it. She dropped the sacks of flour, turned back, embraced him, pressed him to her chest, kissed him, and wept as she said, Amin, forgive me. I am ill, and I don’t know how much longer I will live..."