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With the essential difference that we lost that girl, and by some miracle, we still have this one."- Marie Arana, Washington Post It is difficult to imagine a chronicle of a war more moving, apart from perhaps the diary of Anne Frank. Co-written with Christina Lamb, a veteran British journalist who has an evident passion for Pakistan and can render its complicated history with pristine clarity, this is a book that should be read not only for its vivid drama but for its urgent message about the untapped power of girls. "Wise beyond her years."- Annie Gowen, Marie Claire And she is a figure worth hearing."- Isabel Berwick, Financial Times Yousafzai has single-handedly turned the issue of the right of girls-and all children-to be educated into headline news. "The touching story will not only inform you of changing conditions in Pakistan, but inspire your rebellious spirit."- Matthew Love, Time Out New York I AM MALALA will make you believe in the power of one person’s voice to inspire change in the world. 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. At sixteen, she became a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize. 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. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price.

Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education.

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. When I almost died it was just after midday.” “I come from a country that was created at midnight.