Malala’s powerful story will open your eyes to another world and will make you believe in hope, truth, miracles, and the possibility that one person-one young person-can inspire change in her community and the world. Neela Vaswani lives in New York City.more. She teaches at Spalding University's MFA in writing program and is the founder of the Storylines Project with the New York Public Library. Henry Prize, and a ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award. In this Young Readers Edition of her bestselling memoir, we hear firsthand the remarkable story of a girl who knew from a young age that she wanted to change the world-and did. Her work has received an American Book Award, an O. Now she is an international symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize winner. And on Octoshe nearly lost her life for the cause: She was shot point-blank while riding the bus on her way home from school. So she fought for her right to be educated. Raised in a once-peaceful area of Pakistan transformed by terrorism, Malala was taught to stand up for what she believes. They said women weren’t allowed to go to the market. Malala Yousafzai was only ten years old when the Taliban took control of her region. NEELA AWARDED A 2015 GRAMMY (Children’s Album) FOR HER NARRATION OF THE YOUNG READER’S EDITION OF I AM MALALA
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