Free as a Bird: The Story of Malala
by Lina Maslo
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- Grade
- PK-5
- Genre
- Biography
- Nonfiction
- Picture Book
- Cultural Experience
- South Asian
- Asian
- Women / Girls
Year Published 2018
Word Count 816
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 640L
- ATOS Reading Level: 3.7
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 193665, 0.5 AR Points
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Children's rights--Pakistan--Juvenile literature
- Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Social Activists
- Girls--Education--Pakistan--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | School & Education
- Girls--Violence against--Pakistan--Juvenile literature
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Girls & Women
- Young women--Education--Pakistan--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Yousafzai, Malala, 1997---Juvenile literature
- Children's rights
- Women social reformers--Pakistan--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Young women
- Juvenile Nonfiction | People & Places | Asia
- Political activists--Pakistan--Biography--Juvenile literature
- Lists With This Book
- School Stories: Selected K-12 Literature
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Book Readings 1

Complete Video Reading narrated by Lina Maslo
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Awards & Distinctions 2

CCBC Choices
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Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2023
Character Building Selection, 2018
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