Mr. Gaurav Singh, Library Manager
I am Malala, a true story of a girl from the Swat Valley.
Malala Yousafzai, a brave teenage girl who stood up for education of women and was shot by the Taliban.
Malala was born in a poor family and lived with her father, mother and two younger brothers. She was living a happy life with them when the arrival of Taliban bought dramatic change to the region. They started telling people that they should not watch television, CDs, DVDs and burned their books. Girls should not go to school as Islam didn’t allow this.
But Malala still continued going to school and started giving interviews in order to promote education and women’s rights. One day, when she was coming home from school she was shot in her head by two Taliban men. They shot two other girls in the same bus. All of them were hospitalized.
Malala had to undergo surgery and took many months to recover from her wounds. She received international support and was visited by many important people. The whole world prayed for her and finally she survived. She is the youngest-ever Nobel Laureate.
I loved this book because we learn that we should never give up and never be afraid to speak up for ours and others’ rights.
