Shelley Seale is a freelance writer in Austin, Texas. Her new book, The Weight of Silence: Invisible Children of India, tells the true stories of some of the 25 million children growing up in India without parents or homes - in orphanages or on the streets. Go to her website, The Weight of Silence, for more information. Shelley has also written for National Geographic, Globe Pequot Press, InfoChange India and the Human Rights Defence.
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