I Am Malala

by Malala Yousafzai, Christina Lamb

English language

ISBN:: 978-0-316-32241-6

(8 reviews)

I Am Malala: The Story of the Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban is an autobiographical book by Malala Yousafzai, co-written with Christina Lamb. It was published on 8 October 2013, by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in the UK and Little, Brown and Company in the US. The book details the early life of Yousafzai, her father's ownership of schools and activism, the rise and fall of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan in Swat Valley and the assassination attempt made against Yousafzai on 9 October 2012, when she was aged 15, following her activism for female education. It received a positive critical reception and won several awards, though it has been banned in many schools in Pakistan.

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5 stars

Malala is brave and lovable. She's so honest, and so earnest. So what if the book is a little clunky - she co-wrote it as a wounded youngster with English as her third? language. It's not literature, it's history. As I write this review, she is at uni, and hasn't been able to return to Pakistan yet. But I expect that she will return there some day to lead her people as a politician. I wish her safety.