A simply written story with a powerful message. A young Pakistani child of 11 who speaks openly about the need for educating girls in her town of Mingora, state of Swat. A child born of parents who started a school and encouraged this daughter to learn and value education above all. A courageous girl who continued to attend school and relayed information to the NY Times, even when the Taliban took over Mingora and ordered women and girls to stay in their homes. A family displaced to Birmingham England when the unthinkable happens --rebel forces shoot Malala at point blank range, grazing her ear, eye and temple.
In this re-telling of her story, Malala makes it so clear that ALL Muslims are not radical, that the Taliban is hated by many groups of Muslims who do not condone their extreme behavior....and that other nations need to be involved in receiving refugees who are fleeing from violence, fear of death, and inhumane treatment of women.
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