I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban
by Malala Yousafzai
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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.
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Book Details
- ISBN
- 9780316322409
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Authors
- Malala Yousafzai
- Publisher
- Little Brown and Company
- Published Date
- October 8, 2013
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 352
- Physical Info
- 1.14 in H x 9.5 in L x 6.38 in W (1.29 lb)
This is Malala's memoir of how she grew up in Pakistan and, because her father was a teacher, she chose to stand up for the rights of everyone, girls and boys, in her country to get an education.She was shot and almost died for taking this stand, but she survived and now lives in England with her family.Read this and see what she has overcome. If you've read "The Diary of Anne Frank" or "Zlata's Diary," Malala's work will resonate, too. This would be a good work for those about eighth grade or older to read in class.
An amazing story by an amazing woman. We in the USA have no idea how blessed we are to grow up and live in a peaceful neighborhood and country. I am grateful to have read this book.
As a Christian I rarely read things out of that context… Especially Muslim. This is an amazing testimony from, and about, an amazing person.
Malala's story is an important one, one that deserves its place in international discussion, especially considering that she may never be able to return to Pakistan because of it. Malala attracts considerable controversy, but she and her co-writer, journalist Christina Lamb, offer an engaging discussion of Pakistani history, politics, and society. Lamb spent time in Malala's home region, the Swat Valley, researching the context, and while the narrative voice sometimes seems too adult (Malala was fifteen or sixteen at the time), the book is very accessible.
As almost everyone knows, at the age of 15, Malala Yousafzai was shot in the face by the Taliban as she was leaving school. Miraculously, she survived. Two years later, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her activism as an advocate for education. This memoir tells that story, of course, but it also tells of Malala’s and her family’s struggle to maintain a rich and rewarding life in Pakistan amid the rise of the Taliban, government corruption, and persistent terror during the years that led up to her attempted assassination. It is the story of just a “regular” girl, as Malala likes to describe herself, who had—and still has—the courage to fight for what she values.
