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Yousafzai, Malala,.
I am Malala :
the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban /
Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb.
First edition.
New York :
Little, Brown and Company,
2013.
©2013.
viii, 327 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
color illustrations, maps ;
25 cm.
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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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Yousafzai, Malala,
1997-
Young women
Education
Pakistan.
Young women
Pakistan
Biography.
Children's rights
Pakistan
Biography.
Lamb, Christina,.