Malala Yousafzai
Fighting for an Education
True Stories, Real People
Through narrative nonfiction text, readers learn the extraordinary story of Malala Yousafzai, a young woman from Pakistan who stood up to the Taliban and risked her life to advocate for education for girls. Additional features to aid comprehension include a table of contents, fact-filled captions, callouts, and sidebars, a glossary, sources for further research, a listing of source notes, and an introduction to the author.
| Format | Your Price | Add |
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978-1-5038-0715-0
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$36.95 |
| Interest Level | Grade 3 - Grade 6 |
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| Reading Level | Grade 4 |
| Genre | Hi-Lo, Narrative, Nonfiction |
| Category | High Interest |
| Copyright | 2016 |
| Publisher | The Child's World, Inc. |
| Imprint | Momentum |
| Language | English |
| Number of Pages | 24 |
| Publication Date | 2016-01-01 |
| BISACS | JNF007110 |
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| Dewey | 92 |
| Graphics | Full-color photographs, Historical photographs |
| Dimensions | 6.5 x 9 |
| Lexile | 710 |
| Guided Reading Level | W |
| ATOS Reading Level | 5.0 |
| ATOS Interest Level | MG |
| Accelerated Reader® Quiz | 180028 |
| Accelerated Reader® Points | 0.5 |
| Features | Author/Illustrator biography, Educational front/back matter, Glossary of key words, Index, Informative sidebars, Primary-source text, Reviewed, Sources for further research, Starred, Suggested websites, and Table of contents |
- Peaceful Beginnings
- Enter the Taliban
- Surviving an Assassin’s Bullet
- Malala the Celebrity
- Glossary
- Source Notes
- To Learn More
- Index
Author: Nathan Sacks
Nathan Sacks is a writer and professional writing instructor from Ames, Iowa. He currently lives in Minneapolis. His three other books are American Hip-Hop: Rappers, Djs, and Hard Beats, The Duel: Mitsubishi Eclipse, and Bareknuckle: The Big Fix.
Reviews
A noteworthy review of True Stories, Real People from Horn Book Guide on October 1, 2016
True Stories, Real People series. Each short, inspiring biography is divided into four or five chapters written in an objective, unpretentious manner. Quotation sources are fastidiously footnoted and listed in the back matter. Navigation is easy thanks to clean layouts and a simple color View →
