I Am Malala. Film Tie-In: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and was Shot by the Taliban [Lingua inglese] - Brossura

Moving and illuminating (Catherine Bennett OBSERVER)

For sheer inspiration read I Am Malala (Kirsty Brimelow THE TIMES)

Not only powerful, but also very instructive about the recent history of Pakistan and the pressures of everyday life there. One finishes the book full of admiration both for Malala, and for her father, who has clearly inspired her (THE SUNDAY TIMES)

Malala Yousafzai's story begins with her parents being commiserated with after producing a baby girl. In their part of northern Pakistan, she says, rifle shots ring out in celebration of a baby boy's arrival. But there is no such fanfare for females: their destiny is to cook and clean, to be neither seen nor heard... So how did Malala, who barely warranted a mention in her family's genealogy, become destined for the history books as a powerful symbol for girls' universal right to an education? Her memoir I Am Malala tells us how (Baroness Warsi DAILY TELEGRAPH)

One of the more moving details in I Am Malala is that her mother was due to start learning to read and write on the day Malala was shot - 9 October 2012 (Kamila Shamsie The GUARDIAN)

Her story is astonishing (Owen Bennett-Jones SPECTATOR)

This memoir brings out her best qualities. You can only admire her courage and determination. Her thirst for education and reform appear genuine. She also has an air of innocence, and there is an indestructible confidence. She speaks with such poise that you forget Malala is 16 (Ziauddin Sardar THE TIMES)

Inspirational and powerful (GRAZIA)

The medical team that saved Malala; her own stoicism and resilience; the support of her family, now, again in exile, this time in Birmingham; Malala's level-headed resolve to continue to champion education and children's rights - these are all powerful reminders of the best in human nature. Much of the money Malala has been awarded has gone to the Malala fund (www.malalafund.org). "Please join my mission," she asks. It's vital that those of us who can, do (Yvonne Roberts OBSERVER)

A tale of immense courage and conviction which begins as [Malala] is shot for campaigning for the rights of girls to an education (THE INDEPENDENT)

The bestselling memoir of NOBEL PRIZE winner, Malala Yousafzai, the school girl who stood up to the Taliban. I AM MALALA inspired the BAFTA-nominated film HE NAMED ME MALALA, directed by Oscar-winner Davis Guggenheim.