While not especially well-written - the only thing not giving this life the justice it deserves - 'I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban' is essential reading, all about one of the best people in the world, Malala Yousafzai, and her culture. And she is just reaching the end of her teenage years. Her oppressors would not have let her live that long; they very nearly had their way when she was only fifteen-years-old.
Malala, I apologize that it has taken me this long to write a review of this book, but I hardly know where to start. So I'll just say this: you are wonderful. I know it's an undermining cliche to call someone inspirational and brave, but Malala is these things and so much more. She never gives up, and is never to be silenced, even after a near-death experience and living as a refugee along with her family in the US.
Education is so, so important, now more than ever. We must not forget the heroes of our generation, nor the previous generations. Malala is not only a symbol for equal rights, peace, and hope. She is a light in humanity's regressive wasteland, and she is still an ordinary girl underneath it all. Girls, no matter how old they are, no matter what, get things done. Her journey - her survival - must never be in vain.
Thank you, young Malala, for not giving up on showing the way.
Final Score: 4/5
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