When young Iqbal is sold into slavery at a carpet factory, his arrival changes everything for the other overworked and abused chidren there. It is Iqbal who explains to them that despite their master's promises, he plans on keeping them as his slaves indefinetely. But it is also Iqbal who inspires the other children to look to a future free from toil...and is brave enough to show them how to get there.
This moving fictionalized account of the real Iqbal Masih is told through the voice of Fatima, a young Pakistani girl whose life is changed by Iqbal's courage.
- ISBN10 1439106789
- ISBN13 9781439106785
- Publish Date 11 May 2010 (first published 1 November 2003)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Simon & Schuster
- Imprint Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Format eBook (EPUB)
- Pages 128
- Language English