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When I first heard of the assassination attempt on Malala Yousafzai, I was in shock.\u00a0 The fact that the Taliban treated women and girls so poorly was no surprise, but the fact that they actually tried to kill a girl who merely fought for girls to be educated was practically unbelievable.\u00a0 I was so relieved to hear the reports that Malala not only survived but that her fighting spirit was still intact.\u00a0 While I find it terribly depressing to know that she cannot safely return to her home, it is heartening to know that Malala has the attention of many world leaders and is being kept safe as she travels the world to continue her work \u2014 fighting for the basic right to education.\u00a0 After watching Malala\u2019s interview on The Daily Show<\/em><\/a> \u2014 which left Jon Stewart absolutely speechless \u2014 I knew I had to read this book!<\/p>\n While I was already familiar with the general history of unrest in the Middle East, I appreciated Malala\u2019s overview of the formation of Pakistan.\u00a0 I think it went a long way toward explaining how people could have \u201clet\u201d the Taliban take over; how low literacy rates meant that people had to trust what they were told, and how the intolerance and hatred crept in so slowly that many people did not see what was coming.\u00a0 The overview of her family\u2019s history, specifically how her own father fought so hard for his education and the education of others, also explained how Malala grew up to be so passionate about the right to an education.\u00a0 Even though she didn\u2019t win the Nobel Peace Prize, it\u2019s great that she was nominated \u2014 her nomination has the possibility to inspire a whole generation.\u00a0 I can only hope that the youth of the world are paying attention and that Malala\u2019s virtues are contagious, because there\u2019s no limit to what a generation of people with her drive, courage, and enthusiasm can accomplish.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When I first heard of the assassination attempt on Malala Yousafzai, I was in shock.\u00a0 The fact that the Taliban treated women and girls so poorly was no surprise, but the fact that they actually tried to kill a girl who merely fought for girls to be educated was practically unbelievable.\u00a0 I was so relieved … Continue reading I am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,6,10,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts","category-books-for-adults","category-books-for-young-adults","category-nonfiction","category-reviewed-by-chrissie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2276\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staffpicks.eglibrary.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}