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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: January 1, 2021

Finish date: January 31, 2021

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Jan 24, 2019 Angie Taylor rated it it was amazing

I absolutely LOVED this book and want everyone to read it, especially each boy and girl who has ever complained about having to go to school and learn. What a vastly privileged and different world some of us are born into compared to Malala and her friends. And yet, she made her life become privileged by standing up for her rights as a child and woman. One of the messages that was so, so clear to me from reading this book, is that God loves his children in all the world, and that he especially l ...more

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Sep 15, 2019 Beth rated it really liked it

Shelves: memoir, lava

I was impressed at the background in Pakistani politics and the history of the region of Swat, which gave context to the whole. Malala is an amazing person.

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