Malala: Activist for Girls' Education
by Raphaelle Frier and Aurelia Fronty
“Malala grew up with the smell of notebooks in the air.” Malala Yousafzai’s... read more
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- Grade
- 1-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- South Asian
- Women / Girls
- Asian
Year Published 2017
Word Count 1,727
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 840L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 187925
- Curricular Area
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Pakistan
- Girls
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
- Girls--Education--Pakistan--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Sex discrimination in education--Pakistan--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | School & Education
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women
- Yousafzai, Malala, 1997---Juvenile literature
- Biographies
- Yousafzai, Malala
- Education
- Sex discrimination in education
- Women social reformers--Pakistan--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Political activists
- Women social reformers
- Political activists--Pakistan--Biography--Juvenile literature
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- Then and Now
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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About the Authors 4
Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Readings 1
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Awards & Distinctions 6
Notable Children's Books, 1995-2021
Commended, 2018
CCBC Choices
Selection, 2018
ILA Children’s Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2018
Outstanding International Books, 2006-2021
Grades 3-5 Selection, 2018
Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2021
Biography Selection, 2017
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