I Am Malala written by Christina Lambs and Malala Yousafzai talks about how Malala stood up from the Taliban at a very young age. When I first started TRYING to read this book between the ages of 10-12, I had already failed just by reading the cover of the book. “The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban,” is what is written on the cover of the book. My cousin and I, looked at it and read something between the lines of “The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot DEAD by the Taliban.” We became even more confused after we saw that it was written by Malala herself and Christina Lamb. Don’t worry the same following year we realized what we interpreted and where we messed up. After discovering that we couldn’t help but die laughing knowing how stupid we seemed. I still think it’s funny.
As Soon as Usman Bhai Jan realized what had happened he drove the dyna to Swat Central Hospital at top speed. The other girls were screaming and crying. I was lying on Moniba’s lap, bleeding from my head and left ear. We had only gone a short way when a policeman stopped the van and started asking questions, wasting precious time. One girl felt my neck for a pulse. “She’s alive!” she shouted. “We must get her to the hospital. Leave us alone and catch the man who did this!”(Page 245)
I remember even as a kid, I would re-read this passage a million times, and how she got shot. I used to imagine myself in the same situation and think about how she felt at that time. As a kid, I used to think fifteen was a big age, making you basically an adult, but now that I am fifteen and see what she had to face at such a small age, I could never. It must’ve been so traumatizing. Not just for her, but the other girls in the bus. Imagine seeing one of your friends or a classmate like that knowing there isn’t much you can do. I would feel so powerless and so terrified. In my view and many others, Malala is a true superhero and I will always appreciate her bravery.