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Iqbal, A Novel
by D'Adamo, Francesco
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine condition/Fine dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0689854455
- ISBN 13
- 9780689854453
- Seller
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Henderson, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2003. Fine condition in a Fine dust jacket. NOT price clipped ($15.95). No chips. No tears. No creases. A bright, clean, square, tight copy. Sharp corners. No owner's name or bookplate. No remainder mark. Pages are fresh, crisp, and unmarked. For ages 8-12 (per dust jacket). Summary: "A fictionalized account of a Pakistani child who escaped from bondage in a carpet factory and went on to help liberate other children like him until his tragic death at the age of thirteen." Based on the real life of Iqbal Masih (1982-1995) who was murdered, at age 13, by the Pakistani carpet mafia. Translated from the Italian by Ann Leonori. First American printing with "First Edition" so stated, and with complete number row (2468 10 97531) on the copyright page. Bound in the original brown boards, with an orange spine lettered in shiny metallic blue. According to the publisher's website, IQBAL has been honored with the following awards and recognition: ALA Notable Children's Books; CBC/NCSS Notable Social Studies Trade Book; Charlotte Award Suggested Reading List (NY); Christopher Award; Great Stone Face Book Award Master List (NH); Iowa Teen Award Master List; IRA Teachers' Choices; Texas Lone Star Reading List. . First printing of the First U.S. Edition. Hardcover. Fine condition/Fine dust jacket. Illus. by Gordon, Russell (jacket art). 8vo. vi, 122pp.
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- Bookseller
- About Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 007095
- Title
- Iqbal, A Novel
- Author
- D'Adamo, Francesco
- Illustrator
- Gordon, Russell (jacket art)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fine dust jacket
- Edition
- First printing of the First U.S. Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0689854455
- ISBN 13
- 9780689854453
- Publisher
- Atheneum Books for Young Readers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2003
- LCCN
- 2002153498
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books / Young Adult Literature;
- Size
- 8vo. vi, 122pp
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Henderson, Nevada
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