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For Her Sake

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The story For Her Sake tells of a fourteen-year-old girl who is raped by a twenty-six-year-old man with powerful connections in their community. Against the odds she sets out to get justice, but will she succeed? The story is accompanied by a poem, Ambition, and an essay, Hero or Slave, which explores the theme of heroism and choices.

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Written by Saydia Muhammad, Nathaniel Pearce & Jedidah Johnson /  Illustrated by Obuseli C. Parkinson