I Am Malala

Author: Malala Yousafzai


Genre: Autobiography

What is this book about: Malala was ten when the Taliban started to control everything her family and her people believed in in her native county of Pakistan. The Taliban said that music was a crime. They said women should not be allowed to show their faces and must wear the veil at all times. They said that women should not be allowed out of the house without their husbands. They said girls were not allowed go to school. Malala had always been raised to believe that women and men were equals. She loved school. She was most often the top student in her class! This...strange....belief has her confused. But the Taliban meant business. They started to bomb schools. They began to kill people who believed in girls' education. If they saw a women out without a husband, they would take extreme measures. The place Malala thought was her home has been turned into a prison. No one is safe. Everyone needs a hero to rise. With the help of God, Malala will be that hero.

Your opinion: I LOVED this book. It was a real girl power book. But I think it had some very violent parts. I think that only 5th and up should be allowed to read this.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars

Who would like this book: I think people who like biographies would like this. But this isn't your typical boring biography. This was amazing and ALL the Bookworms would enjoy it.

Reviewed by:  ST