NEWSMAKERS NEWSMAKERS A L A L A M Core Library W a Every day, people are making headlines for their n A I g Z extraordinary actions. Each book in the Newsmakers F A S U series tells the story of an incredible individual who has O Y changed the course of history in some significant way. M Loteenca htrhnne oa lwlol goayrbl,d op utohtl irttohicuesg ,ph ae tnohdpe liemr owerfhefoo. r htsa vine smoacidael jauns tiimcep,a ct alala Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Education Activist Y o Core Library is the must-have line of nonfiction books for u s supporting the Common Core State Standards for grades 3–6. a f z Core Library features: a i • A wide variety of • Multiple prompts and high-interest topics activities for writing, reading, and critical thinking • Well-researched, clearly written informational text • Charts, graphs, diagrams, timelines, and maps • Primary sources with accompanying questions Visit www.mycorelibrary.com for free additional tools for teachers and students. Books in this set: • Nelson Mandela • Jeff Bezos South African President and Civil Rights Activist Founder of Amazon.com • Vladimir Putin • Pope Francis Russian Leader Catholic Spiritual Leader • Malala Yousafzai • Bill Gates Nobel Peace Prize Winner Microsoft Founder and Philanthropist and Education Activist • Steve Jobs • Mark Zuckerberg Visionary Founder of Apple Creator of Facebook ABDO PUBLISHING IS A DIVISION OF ABDO WWW.ABDOPUBLISHING.COM by Andrea Wang Core Library ABD_NMAK_YOU_COV.indd 1 10/14/14 9:41 AM NEWSMAKERS A L A L A M A I Z F A S U O Y Nobel Peace Prize Winner and Education Activist by Andrea Wang Content Consultant Anita Weiss, Professor and Head, Department of Core Library International Studies, University of Oregon An Imprint of Abdo Publishing www.abdopublishing.com ABD_NMAK_YOU_FPGS.indd 1 10/14/14 10:25 AM www.abdopublishing.com Published by Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO, PO Box 398166, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55439. Copyright © 2015 by Abdo Consulting Group, Inc. International copyrights reserved in all countries. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher. Core Library™ is a trademark and logo of Abdo Publishing. Printed in the United States of America, North Mankato, Minnesota 092014 012015 Cover Photo: Craig Ruttle/AP Images Interior Photos: Craig Ruttle/AP Images, 1; Anja Niedringhaus/AP Images, 4, 16; Haseeb Ali/epa/Corbis, 8; Christophe Boisvieux/age fotostock/SuperStock, 10; Rainer Lesniewski/ Shutterstock Images, 12; Colin Mcconnell/The Toronto Star/Corbis, 15; Jessica Rinaldi/ AP Images, 18, 45; Kamran Jebrelli/AP Images, 21; B. K. Bangash/AP Images, 24; Red Line Editorial, 26; Naveed Ali/AP Images, 30; University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust/AP Images, 32; Arshad Arbab/Corbis, 34; Mary Altaffer/AP Images, 36; Yui Mok/AP Images, 39; Rui Vieira/Press Association/AP Images, 40 Editor: Arnold Ringstad Series Designer: Becky Daum Library of Congress Control Number: 2014944252 Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wang, Andrea. Malala Yousafzai: Nobel Peace Prize winner and education activist / Andrea Wang. p. cm. -- (Newsmakers) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-62403-646-0 1. Yousafzai, Malala, 1997- --Juvenile literature. 2. Youth--Political activity--Pakistan--Biography- -Juvenile literature. 3. Social justice--Pakistan--Biography--Juvenile literature. 4. Social justice-- Study and teaching--Juvenile literature. 1.Title. 371.822095491--dc23 [B] 2014944252 ABD_NMAK_YOU_FPGS.indd 2 10/14/14 10:25 AM CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE No Ordinary Day . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 CHAPTER TWO Born a Poor Girl . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 CHAPTER THREE Becoming an Activist . . . . . . . .18 CHAPTER FOUR Becoming a Target . . . . . . . . . . 24 CHAPTER FIVE The World Listens to Malala . . 34 Important Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Stop and Think . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 Learn More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48 ABD_NMAK_YOU_FPGS.indd 3 10/3/14 4:26 PM ABD_NMAK_YOU_FPGS.indd 4 10/3/14 4:26 PM CHAPTER ONE NO ORDINARY DAY October 9, 2012, began like any other day for Malala Yousafzai, a 15-year-old girl living in Swat, Pakistan. She woke up and went to school. She took an exam that day and thought she did well. She was happy as she began her ride home. She sat in the rear, near the open back of the truck that served as a school bus. Malala was chatting with her friends about the exam when they noticed two Lbiuksee ksi dtos agcerto tsos sthcheo wool.rld, students in the Swat Valley crowd onto 5 ABD_NMAK_YOU_FPGS.indd 5 10/3/14 4:26 PM young men standing in the road. The men waved at the bus to stop it, and one of them approached the driver. The other man came around to the back of the truck. One of Malala’s friends suggested they might be journalists. Perhaps they were there to talk to Malala. Ever since it had been revealed that Malala was the author of a popular blog, she had been interviewed by many journalists. On her blog, Malala had The Taliban spoken up about the The majority of Pakistan’s people are Muslim. Muslim right of all girls to have an people follow the religion of education. The Swat Valley Islam. The Taliban is a small group of Muslim people had been controlled by a who believe in an extreme group called the Taliban interpretation of the Islamic as recently as three years system of laws called Sharia. The Taliban are extraordinarily earlier. The Taliban did not conservative, believing that believe in educating girls. women and girls should not work, go to school, or even They believed that girls drive cars. and women belonged 6 ABD_NMAK_YOU_FPGS.indd 6 10/3/14 4:26 PM at home, taking care of School in Pakistan their families. Speaking The school that Malala attended was only for girls. out against the Taliban This is common in Pakistan, was a dangerous thing to where unmarried girls are not do. Malala looked around supposed to have contact with unrelated boys. The Swat and noticed how quiet the Valley where Malala lived is street was. She wondered especially conservative. where all the people were and why a journalist would approach her on the bus. The man jumped onto the rear bumper of the bus and stared inside. “Who is Malala?” he shouted. No one answered. “Who is Malala?” he shouted again. None of the girls answered, but their eyes turned to look at Malala. She was the only one not wearing a veil over her face. Before Malala could say anything, the man raised a gun and fired it several times. He shot Malala and two nearby friends at close range. 7 ABD_NMAK_YOU_FPGS.indd 7 10/3/14 4:26 PM Local residents rushed Malala to a hospital in Swat after the shooting Surviving to Fight Malala collapsed onto her friend’s lap. Blood flowed from her face and ear. The girls on the bus began screaming, and the men ran off. The bus driver sped to the hospital. Malala had been shot in the head. Her two friends were wounded in their arms and shoulders. Miraculously, Malala and her friends survived their injuries. The Taliban had tried to kill Malala. But instead of frightening her, they gave her strength. Instead of silencing her, Malala’s attackers made her voice heard around the world. 8 ABD_NMAK_YOU_FPGS.indd 8 10/3/14 4:27 PM