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

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.

Author: Malala Yousafzai
Publisher: Little Brown and Company
Published: 10/08/2013
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.29lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.38w x 1.14d
ISBN: 9780316322409

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


Award: Nautilus Award - Winner
Award: Black-Eyed Susan Award - Nominee
Award: Virginia Readers Choice Award - Nominee


Review Citation(s):
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

About the Author
Malala Yousafzai, the educational campaigner from Swat Valley, Pakistan, came to public attention by writing for BBC Urdu about life under the Taliban. Using the pen name Gul Makai, she often spoke about her family's fight for girls' education in her community.

In October 2012, Malala was targeted by the Taliban and shot in the head as she was returning from school on a bus. She miraculously survived and continues her campaign for education.

In recognition of her courage and advocacy, Malala was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, becoming the youngest-ever recipient at just seventeen years of age. She was also honored with the National Youth Peace Prize in Pakistan in 2011 and the International Children's Peace Prize in 2013, and she was short-listed for Time magazine's Person of the Year.

Malala continues to champion universal access to education through the Malala Fund, a non-
profit organization investing in community-led programs and supporting education advocates around the world.

Christina Lamb is one of the world's leading foreign correspondents. She has reported on Pakistan and Afghanistan since 1987. Educated at Oxford and Harvard, she is the author of five books and has won a number of awards, including Britain's Foreign Correspondent of the Year five times, as well as the Prix Bayeux-Calvados, Europe's most prestigious award for war correspondents. She currently works for the Sunday Times and lives in London and Portugal with her husband and son.