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I am Malala : the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban / Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb.

By: Yousafzai, Malala, 1997- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 327 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 25 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780316322409Subject(s): Yousafzai, Malala, 1997- | Young women -- Education -- Pakistan | Young women -- Pakistan -- Biography | Children's rights -- Pakistan -- BiographyDDC classification: 371/.822095491092 | B LOC classification: LC2330 | .Y69 2013
Contents:
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 -- 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 -- The Valley of Sorrows -- Praying to be tall -- The woman and the sea -- A private Talibanization -- Who is Malala? -- "God, I entrust her to you" -- Journey into the unknown -- "The girl shot in the head, Birmingham" -- "They have snatched her smile" -- One child, one teacher, one book, one pen.
Summary: Describes the life of the young Pakistani student who advocated for women's rights and education in the Taliban- controlled Swat Balley, survived an assassination attempt, and became the youngest nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize.
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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 -- 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 -- The Valley of Sorrows -- Praying to be tall -- The woman and the sea -- A private Talibanization -- Who is Malala? -- "God, I entrust her to you" -- Journey into the unknown -- "The girl shot in the head, Birmingham" -- "They have snatched her smile" -- One child, one teacher, one book, one pen.

Describes the life of the young Pakistani student who advocated for women's rights and education in the Taliban- controlled Swat Balley, survived an assassination attempt, and became the youngest nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize.

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