Susan Kuklin

This is the true story of a remarkable boy, the committed adults who helped him, and of the students around the world who rallied to his cause.

Iqbal Masih was a modern slave in Pakistan who wove carpets twelve hours a day, six days a week. Sometimes he was chained to his loom. Sometimes he was beaten.

Once free he became a brave and passionate speaker who helped free other children from slavery.

IQBAL MASIH AND THE CRUSADERS AGAINST CHILD SLAVERY Is the proud winner of the Flora Stieglitz Straus Award for nonfiction.

In 1994, a small band of Chinese illegal aliens kidnapped two other aliens, held them for ten days, beat them, and then released them when their families back in China paid large ransoms.

Now a young man is on trial for the crime. Did he do it?