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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, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday October 9, 2012, she almost paid the ultimate price.

Main Authors: Yousafzai, Malala, 1997- (Author), Lamb, Christina (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, NY : Little, Brown, & Company, 2013.
Edition: First edition.
Subjects:
Yousafzai, Malala, > 1997-
Young women > Education > Pakistan > Biography.
Children's rights > Pakistan > Biography.
Summary: When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday October 9, 2012, she almost paid the ultimate price.
Physical Description: viii, 327 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
ISBN: 9780316322409 :
0316322407
Author Notes: Malala Yousafzai was born in the Swat Valley of Pakistan on July 12, 1997. In 2009, she wrote a diary for BBC using a pen name about the critical situation in Swat at that time. On October 8, 2012, she was attacked by the Taliban while returning home from school. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban is her first book. She won the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize. In 2015 she launched the #BooksNotBullets campaign on social media to pressure world leaders to invest in education rather than the military. Yousafzai asks low- and middle-income countries to commit a minimum of 20% of national budgets on education, rather than the current average of 15%.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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