When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan‎,‎ one girl spoke out‎.‎ Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education‎.‎ On Tuesday‎,‎ October 9‎,‎ 2012‎,‎ when she was fifteen‎,‎ she almost paid the ultimate price‎.‎ She was shot in the head at point‎-blank range while riding the bus home from school‎,‎ and few expected her to survive‎.‎ Instead‎,‎ Malala‎'‎s miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York‎.‎ At sixteen‎,‎ she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize‎.‎ This is the remarkable tale of a family uprooted by global terrorism‎,‎ of the fight for girls‎'‎ education‎,‎ of a father who‎,‎ himself a school owner‎,‎ championed and encouraged his daughter to write and attend school‎,‎ and of brave parents who have a fierce love for their daughter in a society that prizes sons‎.‎ This story will make you believe in the power of one person‎'‎s voice to inspire change in the world‎.‎ ‎-‎- Publisher‎'‎s description‎.‎