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Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Pub
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This biography examines the remarkable life of Malala Yousafzai using easy-to-read, compelling text. Through striking black-and-white images and rich color photographs, readers will learn about Malala's family background, education, work as an education activist. Readers will also learn about the Islam religion and the Taliban. Informative sidebars enhance and support the text. Features include a table of contents, timeline, facts page, glossary,...
Author
Publisher
Castle Point Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Profiling thirty young men from around the world and throughout history, this book encourages boys to develop a strength of character to follow in the footsteps of these teens who acted with kindness, strength and courage on the road to success"--
Author
Series
Publisher
Norton Young Readers, an imprint of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Launching a propulsive middle grade nonfiction series, a young woman shares her harrowing experience of being wrongly accused of terrorism. Adama Bah grew up in East Harlem after immigrating from Conakry, Guinea, and was deeply connected to her community and the people who lived there. But as a thirteen-year-old after the events of September 11, 2001, she began experiencing discrimination and dehumanization as prejudice toward Muslim people grew....
Author
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Learn about fifty . . . kids who changed the world in this . . . illustrated collection of . . . short biographies sure to empower and motivate in equal measure. This volume is [an] . . . introduction to just some of the . . . young people from all over the world who have influenced a cultural, political, or social change throughout history. From Louis Braille to Greta Thunberg, Pelé to Malala Yousafzai, these activists, inventors, artists, and...
Author
Language
English
Description
Growing up in the Swat Valley of Pakistan, Malala Yousafzai loved books and school. But in 2009, the Taliban came to power and closed all schools for girls. Malala, just eleven years old, began to speak and blog about the right of all children to receive an education. Soon fighting broke out and Malala's family fled the Swat Valley. After the fighting ceased, they returned home, and Malala continued to speak out. That's when she was shot by a Taliban...
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Here are 29 tales of amazing young girls and boys who have achieved the unimaginable - from surviving a plane crash in the jungle to inventing creative ways to rid our oceans of plastic. There are tales of triumph over illness and injury, and of overcoming bullying. Each incredible story is narrated in an exciting and engaging style, combined with gorgeous illustrations by Amy Blackwell. Children can lose themselves in the remarkable true-life tales...
