I Am Malala Book Review

Overview:

-Book Title: I am Malala

-Author:Malala Yousafzai and Patricia McCormick

-Conflicts:Taliban vs. Pakistan; Education vs. Taliban; Malala vs. Taliban

-Significant Events: Malala's first speech; Malala getting shot; the Taliban killing Benazir Bhutto

-Setting: Mingora in Swat Valley, Pakistan

-Where is Malala now: She co-founded the Malala Fund, and she continues to fight for education for females.

Overview

Prologue

Prologue

In the prologue, Malala tells a few significant things about her old life in Pakistan. She also tells about some new things in Birmingham. It is cool to see her reflecting at the beginning of the book because it leaves a lingering thought in the reader's mind. I also liked the foreshadowing shown in the chapter.

Prologue

Part 1: Chapters 1-5

Part 1 is an introduction to Malala's life. I enjoyed the way she described things that you wouldn't see by just looking at her, like her talents and favorite things. I like the attention to detail in telling the many parts of Malala's life because it helped me understand her feelings and thoughts.

Part 1

Part 2: Chapters 6-10

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Part 2

Part 2 talked about a radio announcer aka the "radio mullah" and the introduction of the Taliban to the Swat Valley in Pakistan. I liked how detailed the writing was, and how the author explained what was going on. It was good to see the actual situation explained from someone's point-of-view that has personal experience, rather than someone from who just heard about it.

In part two Malala talks

Part 3: Chapters 11-19

Part 3

In chapter 11-19 I liked the way It showed what was going on. I liked that Malala liked to give interviews and stand up for girl's education.

Part three is about the strugles Malala and her family faced.

Malala and her mother and little brothers travel to their family in Shangla, while Malala's father goes to Peshawar to increase media awareness and warn people of the conflict in Swat. At the end of the summer Malala began to have strange dreams, which made her worried, so she constantly prayed for God to protect her family.

Part 4: Chapters 20-23

Part 4

Part four is about the death threats and bad omens Malala received, and when she was shot.

One thing I liked about it was that it was definetly very detailed. The author did an exceptional on that part.

Part 5: 24-36

Part 5

Part 5 is about Malala adapting to her new life in Birmingham, recovering from the shooting, and the start of her new campaign on girls rights.

I really liked this chapter because it was telling us the facts exactly how thye were, which definetly was enlightening to know all of these real facts and real events that Malala went through.

Overall Rating

Rating

If I could change anything, I would change the way the chapters flow into each other. When one idea ends, it changes to comething completely different, and it could have been smoother. Another reason we gave it 4 stars is becasue it just wasn't a book that we would just randomly pick up and read.