Set in Pakistan where young children are used as slave labor to tie the threads on intricate carpets. This is about a true person, Iqbal Masih, who managed to escape a carpet factory and then devoted his efforts to freeing other children form similar situations, including brick factories and mines. He was murdered in 1995. This account is a fictionalized version, but based upon true events. Well-written, fast-moving.

Moving and visceral account of child labor in the Pakistan countryside. It was a quick, and inspirational read.