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Malalas courage and conviction will inspire young readers in this beautifully illustrated biography.
A realistic and inspiring look at Malala Yousafzais childhood in Taliban-controlled Pakistan and her struggle to ensure education for girls - Kirkus Reviews
Surpasses {similar books} in contextual scope - School Library Journal
A solid introduction to the Nobel Peace Prize winner- Publishers Weekly
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Title: Malala: activist for girls education/Raphale Frier; illustrated
Description: 1st US edition. | Watertown, MA: Charlesbridge, 2017. |
educationPakistanJuvenile literature. | Women social
reformersPakistanBiographyJuvenile literature. | Political
activistsPakistanBiographyJuvenile literature.
(hc) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Text type set in ITC Officina Serif and ITC Officina Sans
Printed by 1010 Printing International Limited in Huizhou, Guangdong, China
Production supervision by Brian G. Walker
Designed by Sarah Richards Taylor
the first child of Ziauddin Yousafzai
and Tor Pekai. They live in the large
city of Mingora, which spreads out
across the depths of the Swat Valley
in Pakistan. Their home is across the
street from a school for girls that
Ziauddin foundedthe Khushal School.
child is a girl, as some new fathers in
their country might be. Ziauddin is very
fond of his Pashtun people, but he is
not as fond of some of their traditions.
throw dried fruits, candies, and coins
into her cradle, as they would for a boy.
notebooks in the air. It doesnt take
long for her first little brother to
arrive. He is named Khushal,
like his fathers school.
school is over, or play hide-and-seek with neighbors.
They fly kites on the rooftop and try to touch the sky.
Elum, where the snow never melts.
up in the mountains, far from the pollution
in Mingora. There, the water in the lakes and
waterfalls is pure, the nuts are abundant, and
the honey is delicious. In the winter, people
make snow bears.
stories, like the one about Shahida, who
was sold to an old man for marriage. In the
Pashtun mountains, even more than in the
city, men are the ones who are visible in
society and the workplace, while women
stay at home and must obey the men. Most
women, like Malalas mother, cannot read
or write.
so she can listen to the sounds of the city, the chatter
of the birds, and the words of her father talking about
politics with his friends while they drink cardamom tea.
violent political group, has set another school on fire.
Malalas father and his friends hate that the Taliban
wants students to study strict, very conservative
interpretations of the Quran.
that it will cause terrible problems.
knows that she is lucky to have thoughtful parents. Her
mother loves a Pashto song that goes like this:
October 8, 2005. The mountain villages are
reduced to dust.
father is worried about something else, too.
A man named Fazlullah, who is in charge of
the nearby Taliban, scares Ziauddin. Fazlullah
wants to close Ziauddins schoolhis school
for girls.
sadness about the earthquake. Time and time
again, through his local radio station, he tells
them that their sins caused the earthquake.
He tells them to stop listening to music and
watching movies. He says this will make
everything better.
the use of religion to threaten freedom.
Fear settles in the valley. Some people throw their televisions,
computers, CDs, and other belongings into fires.
shaving because the Taliban requires that beards are
worn. Womens bodies and faces are covered by burqas
long cloth garments that flow from head to toe. The
Taliban is on patrol. Taliban members arrest people who
disobey them and whip or kill people if they
resist the new rules. Ziauddin is afraid,
but he dares to disagree. He allows
Malala to speak out against the
Taliban in a September 2008
speech covered by newspapers
and television stations. There
she asks, How dare the
Taliban take away my basic
right to education? She is only
eleven years old.
announces another ban: girls no
longer have the right to go to
school as of January 15, 2009.
school? Malala is upset.
already blown up hundreds of schools, and
no one has done anything.
Malala is recruited to write about
girls and education. Her first blog
post, written under the pseudonym
Gul Makai, appears on the British
Broadcasting Corporations website.
and the Taliban....
farther north and uses even more violence.
Pakistani government and the Taliban. But the
agreements dont work in the end. The Taliban
continues to use violence against the people.
Then tanks and guns arrive in the valley.
travel to the village where her grandparents live.
They stay in four cities over three months before
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