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I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Malala Yousafzai

Start date: December 1, 2016

Finish date: December 31, 2016

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Apr 25, 2020 Melania 🍒 rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: non-fiction

4.25|5

- Book Riots 2020 Read Harder Challenge - 9. Read a YA nonfiction book -

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Jan 12, 2015 Sandra (LadyGrey Reads) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: ebooks, 5-star-favorites, recs, 2015-2016-reads, 2015-top-ten

2015 Book Awards: Best Non Fiction Runner-Up
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Reading challenge 2015: A nonfiction book

There are events that might not affect you personally but you do feel them emotionally and you remember exactly where you were when you found out about these events. The assassination attempt on Malala Yousafzai is such an event for me. In this book Malala tells her story and the story of her country in a beautiful way and it's impossible to not be pulled ...more

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Sep 10, 2017 Marcela rated it really liked it

Shelves: memoir, history, biography, inspirational, non-fiction

I really enjoyed reading this book. It was a quick read and very interesting. The story of Malala, a young girl from Pakistan, who deeply values education and how she became an advocate for young girls being able to attend school in a place and time when the Taliban had forbidden it. Reading this book made me appreciate all of the things we sometimes take for granted just based on culture and geographical location. The beginning of the book has some historical background information of Pakistan ...more

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Mar 30, 2021 Jan rated it really liked it

Shelves: audible-books, historical, nonfiction, memoir-biography, feminism, women, muslim, middle-east, politics, clean-sweep-2019

Inspiring and educational memoir of Malala Yousafzai, the activist for girl's education who was shot and gravely wounded by the Taliban on October 9, 2011. ...more

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Oct 12, 2015 Kira Simion marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Will read this because I respect people who stand up for what they believe in and because she made a book that tells why she did.

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Dec 16, 2016 Vi rated it it was amazing

“The Taliban could take our pens and books, but they couldn’t stop our minds from thinking.”
I discoved Malala in 2014 when she won the Nobel Peace Prize. I couldn't not be impressed by her, a 17 year-old girl who had won the Nobel Peace Prize. Since then I searched, I learned more about her and the situation of the Taliban, I supported her because she proved to be a girl full of kindness and willingness to fight for what she believed in.
I asked my father if he could buy me this book and when I ...more

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