I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World

by Malala Yousafzai

But my father told me not to worry. “I will protect your freedom, Malala,” he said. “Carry on with your dreams.”

How had this happened? How did an unschooled fanatic turn himself into a kind of radio god? And why was no one prepared to defy him?

My father is like a falcon, the one who dared to fly where others would not go. And my mother is the one with her feet firmly planted on the ground.

I was the daughter of Ziauddin Yousafzai, the man who had dared to talk back to the Taliban. I would hold my head high—even if my heart was quaking.

“We are afraid of no one, and we will continue our education. This is our dream.”

One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.