I am Malala : the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban /
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 whi...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Little, Brown, and Company,
2013.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Table of contents Biography from biography.com Malala Fund website, which was established with the goal of enabling girls to complete 12 years of safe, quality education so that they can achieve their potential and be positive change-makers in their families and communities Additional information at Google Books http://www.christinalamb.net/ http://libguides.madisoncollege.edu/ereaders/nookcolor |
| Summary: | 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 has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize. This 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. This story will make you believe in the power of one person's voice to inspire change in the world.-- Publisher information. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 327 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| Audience: | 1000L |
| ISBN: | 9780316322409 0316322407 9780316403467 0316403466 9780316322423 0316322423 |