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The Freedom Seeker
A Journey of Courage, A Story of Hope
Out August 5 — Buy Now
Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection
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The Freedom Seeker
Follow Simi from India to the US through the Arizona desert in this riveting tale of migration and courage.
Proceeds support migrant service projects.
I Kick and I Fly
Heera’s father wants to sell her into the sex trade. She fights back with kung fu.
Proceeds support girls' education in red-light areas.
Meet Ruchira
Ruchira Gupta is the author of I Kick and I Fly and The Freedom Seeker, and a lifelong activist working to end sex trafficking. An Emmy-winning documentarian, she founded Apne Aap with survivors from her film The Selling of Innocents. Her advocacy has shaped global laws and earned her the French Ordre National du Mérite. She advises the UN, teaches human trafficking and migration at NYU, and writes social justice adventure books to inspire change. Through story and action, Ruchira empowers readers and policy makers alike to build a world where every girl is safe, free, and valued.
"I believe in a world in which no child is bought or sold."
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I've shaped laws, built movements, and supported over 20,000 women and children through Apne Aap to find safety, education and opportunities.
I paint what I protect—girls, nature, and freedom.
My work is rooted in my mother’s garden in Forbesganj and the lives of girls I’ve known across India and the world.
