I am Malala : the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban /
By: Yousafzai, Malala [author.].
Contributor(s): Lamb, Christina [author.].
Publisher: New York : Back Bay Books, Little Brown and Company, 2015Description: xx, 330 p. : color illustrations, plates ; 26 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780316322423; 9780316322423:; 0316322423; 9780316322409; 0316322407; 9780316403467; 0316403466; 9780316286633; 031628663X; 9780606358699; 0606358692.Subject(s): Yousafzai, Malala, 1997- | Yousafzai, Malala, 1997- -- Assassination attempts | Taliban | Young women -- Education -- Pakistan | Girls -- Education -- Pakistan -- Swāt District | Children's rights -- Pakistan. -- BiographyDDC classification: 371.822092095491 YOUItem type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Before the Taliban. A daughter is born -- My father the falcon -- Growing up in a school -- The village -- Why I don't wear earrings and Pashtuns don't say thank you -- Children of the rubbish mountain -- The mufti who tried to close our school -- The autumn of the earthquake -- The Valley of Death. Radio Mullah ; Toffees, tennis balls, and the Buddhas of Swat ; The clever class ; The bloody square ; The diary of Gul Makai ; A funny kind of peace ; Leaving the valley -- Three girls, three bullets. The Valley of Sorrows -- Praying to be tall -- The woman and the sea -- A private Talibanization -- Who is Malala? -- Between life and death. "God, I entrust her to You" -- Journey into the unknown -- A second life. "The girl shot in the head, Birmingham" ; "They have snatched her smile" -- One child, one teacher, one book, one pen-- -- Important events in Pakistan and Swat.
'I am Malala' tells the inspiring story of a schoolgirl who was determined not to be intimidated by extremists, and faced the Taliban with immense courage. Malala speaks of her continuing campaign for every girl's right to an education, shining a light into the lives of those children who cannot attend school.
Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, 2014