Gowri R R itibaren Kazi Chak, West Bengal 721124, India itibaren Kazi Chak, West Bengal 721124, India

My son's 5th grade social studies teacher recommended this book to me during our recent PT Conference. It is amazing! I love that it's based on the life of a real person. It is admittedly a book with an agenda, but a very good one--to raise awareness of modern child laborers. The story is about child carpet workers in Pakistan, and about a very brave one in particular who risks his life to change the status quo. The "very brave one" is the real person of the story: Iqbal Masih. The book is quite well-written, and not too harsh for a 5th grader, although very thought-provoking and moving. I'm glad I read it.

Okay...nothing too interesting about this novel.