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Iqbal Hardcover - 2001 - 1st Edition
by Francesco D'Adamo; Ann Leonori (Translator)
This moving, fictionalized account of the life of Iqbal Masih, a Pakistani boy who brings hope to child workers in a carpet factory, is told through the voice of Fatima, a young Pakistani girl whose life is chanced by Iqbal's courage.
Summary
"You see, for Iqbal I was not invisible. I existed, and he made me free."
For Fatima and the other unseen children of Hussain Khan's carpet factory, Iqbal Masih's arrival is the end of hope and its beginning. It is Iqbal who tells them that their family's debt will never be cancelled, no matter how many inches of progress they make in their rugs, no matter how neat the knots or perfect the pattern. But it is also Iqbal who is brave enough to talk about the future. "Fatima," he promises, "next spring you and I are going to go and fly a kite. Remember that, whatever happens."
This is the story of the real Iqbal: a courageous thirteen-year-old boy who knew that his life was worth more than a rug, that chaining children to looms to work hours without rest was not right, and that there was a way to stop the abuse.
For Fatima and the other unseen children of Hussain Khan's carpet factory, Iqbal Masih's arrival is the end of hope and its beginning. It is Iqbal who tells them that their family's debt will never be cancelled, no matter how many inches of progress they make in their rugs, no matter how neat the knots or perfect the pattern. But it is also Iqbal who is brave enough to talk about the future. "Fatima," he promises, "next spring you and I are going to go and fly a kite. Remember that, whatever happens."
This is the story of the real Iqbal: a courageous thirteen-year-old boy who knew that his life was worth more than a rug, that chaining children to looms to work hours without rest was not right, and that there was a way to stop the abuse.
First line
The house of our master, Hussain Khan, was in the outskirts of Lahore, not far from the dusty, dry countryside where flocks of sheep from the north grazed.
Details
- Title Iqbal
- Author Francesco D'Adamo; Ann Leonori (Translator)
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Pages 120
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Atheneum Books for Young Readers, New York
- Date 2001
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover
- ISBN 9780689854453 / 0689854455
- Weight 0.51 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 8.72 x 5.48 x 0.56 in (22.15 x 13.92 x 1.42 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 730
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1980's
- Chronological Period: 1990's
- Cultural Region: Asian - General
- Ethnic Orientation: Asian - General
- Library of Congress subjects Child abuse, Pakistan
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2002153498
- Dewey Decimal Code FIC
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Media reviews
Citations
- ALA Notable Children's Books, 03/15/2004, Page 1286
- Booklist, 11/01/2003, Page 496
- Bulletin of Ctr for Child Bks, 01/01/2004, Page 187
- Horn Book Magazine, 11/01/2003, Page 742
- Hornbook Guide to Children, 07/01/2003, Page 116
- Kirkus Review - Children, 11/01/2003, Page 1310
- Multicultural Review, 06/01/2004, Page 93
- Publishers Weekly, 11/10/2003, Page 62
- School Library Journal, 11/01/2003, Page 138
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