I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the TalibanA MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE As seen on Netflix with David Letterman "I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday." When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She

A MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

As seen on Netflix with David Letterman
"I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday."

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education.

On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive.

Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she became a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize.

I AM MALALA is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism, of the fight for girls' education, of a father who, himself a school owner, championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school, and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons.

I AM MALALA will make you believe in the power of one person's voice to inspire change in the world.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 10/08/2013
ISBN: 9780316322409
Pages: 352
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.38w x 1.14d
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Nautilus Award - Winner

Review Citations: Library Journal Prepub Alert 05/15/2013 pg. 55
People Weekly 10/21/2013 pg. 72
Entertainment Weekly 10/18/2013 pg. 71
LJ Best Books of Year 12/01/2013 pg. 34
Entertainment Weekly 06/27/2014 pg. 22
People Weekly 12/29/2014 pg. 36
People 06/29/2015 pg. 42
Library Journal 05/15/2013

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 163041 / I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
Reading Level: 7.1 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 16