We are displaced : my journey and stories from refugee girls around the world / Malala Yousafzai with Liz Welch.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2019]Edition: First editionDescription: xi, 212 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780316523646
- 031652364X
- My journey and stories from refugee girls around the world
- 305.23092/6914 23
Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Adult Book | Phillipsburg Free Public Library | YA Non-Fiction | YA Non-Fiction | YA 305.23092 YOU | Available | 36748002463885 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Nobel Peace Prize winner and New York Times bestselling author Malala Yousafzai turns the faceless statistics and endless news stories about displacement into real people--introducing a small fraction of the millions worldwide who have fled home in this powerful and "stirring" ( New York Times ) account.
After her father was murdered, María escaped in the middle of the night with her mother.
Zaynab was out of school for two years as she fled war before landing in America. Her sister, Sabreen, survived a harrowing journey to Italy.
Ajida escaped horrific violence, but then found herself battling the elements to keep her family safe.
Malala's experiences visiting refugee camps caused her to reconsider her own displacement--first as an Internally Displaced Person when she was a young child in Pakistan, and then as an international activist who could travel anywhere in the world except to the home she loved. In We Are Displaced , Malala not only explores her own story, but she also shares the personal stories of some of the incredible girls she has met on her journeys--girls who have lost their community, relatives, and often the only world they've ever known.
In a time of immigration crises, war, and border conflicts, We Are Displaced is an important reminder from one of the world's most prominent activists that every single one of the 68.5 million currently displaced is a person--often a young person--with hopes and dreams.
"A stirring and timely book." -- New York Times
Part 1: I am displaced. Life as we knew it ; How could this be happening? ; Internally displaced ; Shangla ; Returning home ; Caught between two worlds -- Part 2: We are displaced. Zaynab: Why me and not her? ; Sabreen: No turning back ; Zaynab: Dream big ; Muzoon: I saw hope ; Najla: Thousands of people, just like us ; María: Nobody can take away what we carry inside ; Analisa: Lucky ; Marie Claire: A new beginning ; Jennifer: I needed to do something ; Ajida: At nighttime, we walked ; Farah: This was my story.
"Malala Yousafzai introduces some of the people behind the statistics and news stories we read or hear every day about the millions of people displaced worldwide. Malala's experiences visiting refugee camps caused her to reconsider her own displacement-- first as an Internally Displaced Person when she was a young child in Pakistan, and then as an international activist who could travel anywhere in the world except to the home she loved. In We Are Displaced, which is part memoir, part communal storytelling, Malala not only explores her own story, but she also shares the personal stories of some of the incredible girls she has met on her journeys-- girls who have lost their community, relatives, and often the only world they've ever known. In a time of immigration crises, war, and border conflicts, We Are Displaced is an important reminder from one of the world's most prominent young activists that every single one of the 68.5 million currently displaced is a person-- often a young person-- with hopes and dreams."--Dust jacket flap.