THE BESTSELLING, "REMARKABLE" (MARIE CLAIRE) MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST
RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
"I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died
it was just after midday."
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 point-blank range while
riding the bus home 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 became a global symbol of
peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace
Prize.
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.