I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young Readers Edition) Kindle Edition

It would be disrespectful to discuss Malala Yousafzai’s story without first discussing her cause. Millions of children around the world are denied the right to education. Child labor, sex trafficking, war, and other major issues continue to bring about child suffering and oppression. Malala’s story should be a call to activism. This is a fight we should all join, for without education, there is no hope for peace.What happened to Malala, therefore, is important in so much as it is a reminder of the stakes. There are forces in the world seeking to oppress education, especially for women. Education is the enemy of regimes founded on terror, patriarchy, and privilege. Yet, it is an idea with no face and a billion faces.This book tells a simple, but powerful story. It begins by establishing the charmingly average life of a Pakistani family. They are like any other household. Then natural disaster hits in the form of a 7.6 earthquake and this opens the doors for Taliban extremists to broker public fear into power. The Yousafzai family finds themselves at the heart of the conflict in their hometown of Swat, and they decide it is better to die on your feet than live on your knees. Malala’s father leads the way, and Malala finds her first platform to tell the world of the injustices being imposed by the Taliban. She was only 10. Suddenly this ordinary girl grows into an extraordinary voice, and it nearly cost her life.The second half of this book deals with Malala’s recovery after her near death experience at the hands of the Taliban. It is even more about how she rediscovered her voice and doubled-down on her activism. I found myself inspired by her mix of humility and passionate resolve, as well as her commitment to her own education even as she became an international figure.I highly recommend this book for teens, especially American teens who, despite our own issues in terms of access and equity, often seem to take education for granted. While American education is compulsory for all, it is not guaranteed in perpetuity. The fight to ensure we can continue providing education for all of our nation’s children cannot stop. Threats of defunding, the rise of private charters, and obscene income disparity all challenge the quality of and access to our public school system. There’s a thin line between America and Pakistan, and Malala’s story is a prime example of how those lines can be crossed.

My 11-year old son read this and was so touched and inspired by Malala's story. He normally only likes to read sci-fi, so I was shocked when he came back to me after reading the book with tears in his eyes, saying how grateful and inspired this book was for him. Nothing has ever moved him the way this story did. I highly recommend this story to any Tweens and teens. It is sure to inspire empathy and understanding.

I have wanted to read this book for a long time. The situation at the southern border of the USA troubles me with the incarceration of children separated from their families and denied human rights and education. That is the main reason I finally read the story. Reading Malala’s story brought me to tears and filled me with hope. The dream of a peaceful world where everyone is respected as person and have the opportunity for an education can be achieved when we join with Malala and others calling for justice and equal rights for every person, young or old. Focus on the dream and trust in God, Allah, Buddha who created us to live in peace and to dream and work for a better world. This should be required reading in every school and church, synagogue and Mosque. I give it 5 stars.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A powerful read by Malala Yousafzai, the girl born in Pakistan and shot by Taliban only because she wanted to go to school and be educated and who later went on to be the youngest ever to win a Nobel Peace Prize. She never stopped to dream although her life was caught between the military and the militants. TV, music, going to school was forbidden or considered 'haram' in her country cutting her and her community completely from the outside world. She talks about the strange feeling of getting used to bombing, shelling and darkness as a 11 year old. On the flip side, she also narrates her beautiful bond between a father and daughter, the cute rivalry between siblings, the precious close knit bonding within the family reminding me of my own.My fav line from the book: "Sometimes when the journalists see my brothers playing so freely, they ask if I am being robbed of a childhood by my campaign for children’s rights. I tell them to think of a girl who is married off at eleven. Or a little boy who has to pick through the rubbish heap to earn money for his family. Or the children who have been killed by bombs and bullets. They are the ones who have been robbed of a childhood."Malala turned a tragedy into an opportunity. Need I say more? Pick up and read this book today.

I got this book for my 6th grader who had to do a non-fiction book report. She finished it in about 4 days and said she really liked it. She seemed to enjoy sharing what she was learning about this young woman's life with us at dinner and has stated many times after finishing it that she will never take her education for granted again. She keeps urging me to read it too (and I will when I finish my current book :) ).

This is an interesting book about a young girl that felt the need to advocate education for girls and then for all children. She was born and lived in Pakistan until she was shot by the Taliban and taken to England for her recovery and safety. She became known throughout the world. This is a well written enjoyable book. It shows that even a child can make a difference in this world.

This is a great, inspiring story that every girl should read. My 9 year old read it in her book club and all the girls were inspired by Malala and could also relate to her. She describes herself and her thoughts in such a way that the reader understands Malala, Nobel Peace Prize Winner, to be a real, young girl with a silly and real side as well. The content, while disturbing at times, was written gently for a young audience. It serves to educate a young audience about an important aspect of the world without overburdening a young reader with too much suffering and negativity.The book offered my daughter an opportunity to learn, ask questions, and be inspired by a Arabic young girl so much like her American, white, and Filipino self.

I KNEW that I would find this to be a good if tough read, but never did I imagine that the words would literally reduce me to tears on more than one occasion. Seriously. This is one of those books that I'm instantly putting on my 'books that everyone should read' list because if they did, they would really learn a thing or two! For those who don't know who Malala Yousafzai is, I really recommend looking into her inspiring story about opposing the Taliban regime, fighting for girl's education and how Pakistan might be war-torn, but it is home and beautiful to her.I liked how this book was split up. This is the Young Readers edition and I can see how the attack on Malala (and the aftermath in hospital) has probably been translated to be far less gruesome, as well as a simplification of the political climate in Pakistan. But I really thought that Patricia McCormick did a really good job of making the facts easy to understand, and it's still an emotional read. I learnt A LOT while reading this as I don't think that the plight of the Middle East is covered well in Western Society and I certainly had no real clue about exactly how the Taliban came about in the first place.Malala's story, as I said, is really touching. I liked that she remained focused throughout on her desperate bid to raise awareness on girl's educational needs and the love for her country's natural surroundings and sense of community when compared to that of England (being a white British girl even I can relate to the sense of isolation in our big cities) is nice because it really puts into perspective that money, technology and a sense of entitlement is NOT everything. It is love that brings happiness, as soppy as it sounds. What's more, the horrors imposed by the Taliban could EASILY happen in any other country and I really feel that privileged people (including myself) would do well to remember this while reading. Passionate and inspiring, this is my favourite read of the month for sure!

I have never been so integrated by her book with our worlds society facts. Women around the world, don't get the same liberties and rights that men do- FACT!, Women like Malala would be denied the chance of education if she hadn't fought for it- Fact!. These were many of problems of todays society, when I even write this review my heart breaks after reading this book. the toughest book I've ever read, packed full of emotion and understanding by the world. Why does the world come together after a disaster has happened? Malala was outspoken by Taliban regime that took over SWAT, but nobody came for her aid or the millions that lived their. I myself am working on an education project to help people like Malala before she came to the UK to get an education, with the constant support of public hopefully, I will be successful but I won't give up on trying to help people.

I was expecting a story about the girl Malala and her experience, but what I got was a story about what happens when there is a lack of education and a charismatic/persuasive/domineering person takes over a society/country bit by bit, making it hard for people to know when to protest as there is no clear point where it is enough...think of the anecdote of putting a frog in cold water and heating it up...the frog won’t realise it is boiling to death until it is too late. And when the government doesn’t listen to concerned citizens from the beginning...

A story of incredible bravery, from an inspirational child who refused to be bowed by the might of possibly the most powerful terrorist organisation. She is the champion of all oppressed women and a champion of education for those women. It was the most incredible read, I sobbed through most of the book, alternately sad for this poor little girl and all she has had to endure , and then filled with with hope that this young girl will over the next generation inspire our young people to take back the power from the despots, dictators and the oppressors and build a better world for all. This should be on the curriculum for all teenagers to read,

I bought this for my daughter to read who is 9 years old. Despite a few complex words, this has been an excellent book for her to understand the differences that exist for girls in different cultures. It has helped her open her eyes, and interests, to explore the world around her and the attitudes of others towards the education of girls, Next to read - A long walk to Water - another excellent eye opener about a country at war and the destruction on ordinary families.