Iqbal Was a 13-year-old born in Muridke, Pakistan. Just like millions of kids there, his parents had fallen into debt, and they had to sell him to a Carpet maker to help pay off his parent's debt. He worked from dawn untill dusk with a very short lunch break in the middle. One day, he escaped when he was ten and went into the village where he found an organization of people who saved slaves because it was illegal for the kids to be working. He went there and told the organization about the carpet maker and helped shut down his first carpet factory. Instead of deciding to go back and live with his parents again, he decided to stay with the organization to help many more slaves. After two years, he saved 3000 kids from these carpet factors, and brick factories but when he was visiting his parents he ended up getting shot when he was only 13.
I really enjoyed this book that was based off of real events. I would definitely recommend it. It was quite moving and through the help of Iqbal many more kids have found out about this organization and helped free more slaves.
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