yearning For Freedom And Schooling For Himself And The Other Children Who Toil In A Carpet Factory In Pakistan To Repay Loans From The Factory Owner To Their Parents, Nadeem ...
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this Picture Book Focuses Attention On The Plight Of Young Carpet Workers In Pakistan, While Shedding Light On The Worldwide Issue Of Child Labor. Nadeem And His Cousin, Amina, Toil In A Carpet-weaving Factory To Pay Off Family Debts, Though They Long To Escape Their Harsh Environment And Attend School. The Author Builds A Tale Around Iqbal Masih, Who Is Already Free By The Time Nadeem Meets Him. Although Shea's Prose Is More Colorful And Her Characters More Fully Developed In Her Tangled Threads: A Hmong Girl's Story (children's Forecasts, Sept. 22), The Author Knowledgeably Introduces Nadeem's Quandary, Outlining The Obstacles He Faces And The Horrible Conditions In The Factories (e.g., Cuts Healed With Boiling Oil, Workers Coughing Up Blood And Children, Hunched Over Like Barley Sacks At Their Looms). Inspired By Masih, Nadeem Twice Organizes Fellow Child Workers To Rise Up Against The Unlawful Bondage System. He Is Shackled To His Loom After His First Attempt, But Word Of Iqbal's Murder Inspires A Second, This Time Successful Attempt. In An Effectively Unsettling Juxtaposition, Morin (shy Mama's Halloween) Creates A Border Around Watercolor Portraits Of The Children's Hopeful Faces In Their Grim Setting, With Intricate Floral And Geometric Carpet Designs. The Final Scene Of The Children Walking Towards Their Freedom Appropriately Breaks Out Of The Borders Into A Full-bleed Spread. Endnotes List Resources Where More Can Be Learned About Illegal Child Labor And How Readers Can Help. Ages 8-11. (oct.) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.
Categories:
- Children's Books
- Geography & Cultures
- Explore the World
- Middle East
- Explore the World
- Geography & Cultures
Publisher : Tilbury House Pub
Author : Shea, Pegi Deitz
Language : English
Published :2006-05-30
Number Of Pages : 32
Binding : Paperback
ISBN-10 : 0884482499
ISBN-13 : 9780884482499
Item weight : 0.35 lb
Dimensions : 0.5 in x 8.6 in x 9.7 in
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