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122 pp.
| Atheneum
| November, 2003
|
TradeISBN 0-689-85445-5$$15.95
(2)
4-6
Translated by Ann Leonori.
The virtually enslaved children toiling in Hussain Khan's carpet factory allow themselves to hope when a new child laborer arrives: he plans to liberate them all. This is a fictionalized account of a period in the life of Iqbal Masih, murdered by the Pakistani "carpet mafia" in 1995, when he was thirteen. An abundance of dialogue, well-observed details, and nimble characterizations make the children's solidarity wonderfully particular.
Reviewer: Nell Beram
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
November, 2003
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