This is a review of the book I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick. It is about Malala‘s journey from a young girl who just wants to go to school to a symbol of peace everywhere. Malala was ten when the Taliban took over Swat, her valley in Pakistan. She just wanted to go to school, she wanted an education. Luckily, her father ran a school and he was very outspoken towards the Taliban. So even when the Taliban started beating people in the streets, killing people in the night, and blowing up schools, Malala kept going to school. Her father, although scared for his life, kept speaking out and running the schools. During the Taliban’s occupation of her city, they said girls under ten would not be allowed to attend school. They must stay inside and cook and clean. Malala, age 11, didn’t listen. She snuck off to school. That was all she wanted, an education for everyone. The rich, the poor, men, and women. She would fight for that cause. When Malala was only ten, she started writing letters for the BBC, under a pseudonym. She wrote about what is was like to be a young schoolgirl in Taliban-controlled Pakistan. She also went onto talk-shows and gave speeches. She was an activist, and the Taliban didn’t like that. That’s why on October 9, 2012, they shot her in the head on her way home from school. If you want to find out what happens from there, you will have to read the book. I really like this book. It takes a subject some people would probably find boring, and makes it interesting. It tells about the hardships a girl had to go through just to get and education. It makes me see how lucky I am to be able to get up and go to school every day. I don’t have to fear for my life. I am fortunate enough to be able to wear whatever I want, say whatever I want, and go wherever I want. This book is inspiring to say the least. Review by Lily Williams |
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