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Microsoft Founder and Philanthropist
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Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Education Activist
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Wang, Andrea.
Malala Yousafzai: Nobel Peace Prize winner and education activist / Andrea Wang.
p. cm. -- (Newsmakers)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-62403-646-0
1. Yousafzai, Malala, 1997- --Juvenile literature. 2. Youth--Political activity--Pakistan--Biography-
-Juvenile literature. 3. Social justice--Pakistan--Biography--Juvenile literature. 4. Social justice--
Study and teaching--Juvenile literature.
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
No Ordinary Day . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
CHAPTER TWO
Born a Poor Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
CHAPTER THREE
Becoming an Activist . . . . . . . .18
CHAPTER FOUR
Becoming a Target . . . . . . . . . . 24
CHAPTER FIVE
The World Listens to Malala . . 34
Important Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Stop and Think . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Learn More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
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CHAPTER ONE
NO ORDINARY
DAY
October 9, 2012, began like any other day for
Malala Yousafzai, a 15-year-old girl living in
Swat, Pakistan. She woke up and went to
school. She took an exam that day and thought she
did well. She was happy as she began her ride home.
She sat in the rear, near the open back of the truck
that served as a school bus. Malala was chatting with
her friends about the exam when they noticed two
Lbiuksee ksi dtos agcerto tsos sthcheo wool.rld, students in the Swat Valley crowd onto 5
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young men standing in the road. The men waved at
the bus to stop it, and one of them approached the
driver. The other man came around to the back of the
truck.
One of Malala’s friends suggested they might be
journalists. Perhaps they were there to talk to Malala.
Ever since it had been revealed that Malala was the
author of a popular blog, she had been interviewed
by many journalists. On
her blog, Malala had
The Taliban
spoken up about the
The majority of Pakistan’s
people are Muslim. Muslim right of all girls to have an
people follow the religion of
education. The Swat Valley
Islam. The Taliban is a small
group of Muslim people had been controlled by a
who believe in an extreme
group called the Taliban
interpretation of the Islamic
as recently as three years
system of laws called Sharia.
The Taliban are extraordinarily
earlier. The Taliban did not
conservative, believing that
believe in educating girls.
women and girls should not
work, go to school, or even They believed that girls
drive cars.
and women belonged
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at home, taking care of
School in Pakistan
their families. Speaking
The school that Malala
attended was only for girls.
out against the Taliban
This is common in Pakistan,
was a dangerous thing to
where unmarried girls are not
do. Malala looked around supposed to have contact
with unrelated boys. The Swat
and noticed how quiet the
Valley where Malala lived is
street was. She wondered especially conservative.
where all the people were
and why a journalist would
approach her on the bus.
The man jumped onto the rear bumper of the bus
and stared inside. “Who is Malala?” he shouted. No
one answered. “Who is Malala?” he shouted again.
None of the girls answered, but their eyes turned to
look at Malala. She was the only one not wearing a
veil over her face. Before Malala could say anything,
the man raised a gun and fired it several times. He
shot Malala and two nearby friends at close range.
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Local residents
rushed Malala to a
hospital in Swat
after the shooting
Surviving to Fight
Malala collapsed onto her friend’s lap. Blood flowed
from her face and ear. The girls on the bus began
screaming, and the men ran off. The bus driver
sped to the hospital. Malala had been shot in the
head. Her two friends were wounded in their arms
and shoulders. Miraculously, Malala and her friends
survived their injuries.
The Taliban had tried to kill Malala. But instead
of frightening her, they gave her strength. Instead of
silencing her, Malala’s attackers made her voice heard
around the world.
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