I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World

The bestselling memoir by Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai.

I Am Malala. This is my story.

Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. They said music was a crime. They said women weren't allowed to go to the market. They said girls couldn't go to school.

Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. So she fought for her right to be educated. And on October 9, 2012, she nearly lost her life for the cause: She was shot point-blank while riding the bus on her way home from school.

No one expected her to survive.

Now Malala is an international symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner. In this Young Readers Edition of her bestselling memoir, which has been reimagined specifically for a younger audience and includes exclusive photos and material, we hear firsthand the remarkable story of a girl who knew from a young age that she wanted to change the world -- and did.

Malala's powerful story will open your eyes to another world and will make you believe in hope, truth, miracles and the possibility that one person -- one young person -- can inspire change in her community and beyond.

Author: Malala Yousafzai
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 08/19/2014
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9780316327930
Audience: Young Adult

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.9
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 168037 / I Am Malala: Young Readers Edition


Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 08/25/2014
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001
PW Children's Starred Reviews 12/01/2014 pg. 80
School Library Journal 01/01/2015 pg. 134
Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2015 - Recommended, Satisfactory

About the Author
Malala Yousafzai, the educational campaigner from Swat Valley, Pakistan, became the youngest-ever winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, at age seventeen. Malala champions universal access to quality education through the Malala Fund (malala.org).