Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest Nobel Prize laureate. When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, Malala refused to be silenced and advocated for girls' right to an education. On her way home from school at age 15, Malala was shot by the Taliban but survived. The book is Malala's autobiography co-written with journalist Christina Lamb, detailing Malala's journey from a remote valley in Pakistan to advocating for education internationally after her recovery.