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I Am Malala : The Girls Who Stood Up For Education And Was Shot By The Taliban

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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 rthern 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 minee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize. I AM MALALAis 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 MALALAwill make you believe in the power of one person's voice to inspire change in the world.

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Call Number

-954.912 YOU I

Publisher

New York : Little Brown And Company., 2013

Collation

352 p. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9780316403467

Classification

-954.912

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Subject(s)

Education
Child
Pakistan

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