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. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize laureate. 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. I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World by Malala Yousafzai, Patricia McCormick and a great selection of related books. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. When I almost died it was just after midday. Malala tells of that life-shattering moment in a riveting memoir, I Am Malala, published this past week even as she was being cited as a possible candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize. I Am Malala is the incredible true autobiography of a young Pakistani girl, Malala Yousafzai, who won the Noble Peace prize for fearlessly standing up for. I come from a country that was created at midnight.
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