Stitched-Up

Hanh is twelve, and a job selling goods in a Hanoi shop seems like a way to send money home to relatives struggling in the Vietnamese countryside. Once she reaches the city, the promise proves to be false. She is instead forced into near-slavery inside an unlicensed clothing factory.

Life in that sweatshop is relentless. Shifts run on for hours, rest is scarce, the food is poor, and beatings are routine. Hanh wants nothing more than to get away, but escape is dangerous.

Written by bestselling writer Steve Cole, this story looks at the human price of fast fashion and follows one girl's fight to free herself. The central question is whether Hanh can summon the nerve to take a risk when a chance finally comes.