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I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World (Young readers’ edition) (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, August 2014) is the official story of the youngest-ever Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, told in her own words to readers close to her own age.
The young readers’ edition, co-written with Patricia McCormick, is a New York Times bestseller and has received praise from the likes of Publishers Weekly, which gave it a starred review.
“A searing and personal portrait of a young woman who dared to make a difference.”
– Publishers Weekly (starred review)
The voice and tone of the autobiography are geared specifically for young readers, and the book features several photographs and stories not included in the adult edition, published in 2013.
Please contact the Agency for rights in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Iceland and the Faroe Islands!
See below for additional media highlights:
Time Magazine’s 25 Most Influential Teens of 2014
Good Morning America interview
New York Times’ TimesTalks in conversation with Jodi Kantor
The New York Times Sunday Book Review, By the Book interview
Publishers Weekly: ‘This Is Malala’: PW Talks with Malala Yousafzai
RIGHTS SOLD:
ARABIC, Kalimat
CATALAN, Alianza Editorial
CHINESE (complex), Emily Publishing
DUTCH, Uitgeverij Kok ten Have
GERMAN, Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag
GREEK (modern), S. Patakis Publications
ITALIAN, Garzanti Libri
JAPANESE, Iwasaki Publishing
KOREAN, Munhakdongne Publishing
NORWEGIAN, Cappelen Damm
PORTUGUESE (Brazil), Editora Schwarcz (Cia Das Letras)
SPANISH, Alianza Editorial
ENGLISH (UK), Orion
FRENCH, Hachette Jeunesse
CHINESE (simplified), Hachette Phoenix
Reading materials:
Full English edition
Original publisher:
United States, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
For Scandinavian rights contact: info@ahlbackagency.com