I Am Malala

   By Malala Yousafzai

     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 pout-blank range while she was riding the bus 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 was a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate. 

      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. I am impressed with Malala. I never would have been able to do that.