Malala Yousafzai (You Are a Star)

by Dean Robbins (Author) Maithili Joshi (Illustrator)

Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
Series: You Are a Star
Make way for Malala Yousafzai!

It's Malala Yousafzai like you've never seen her before!

Using a unique mix of first-person narrative, hilarious comic panels, and essential facts, Dean Robbins introduces young readers to an activist and trailblazer. The third book in the exciting You Are a Star nonfiction series, You Are a Star, Malala Yousafzai focuses on Malala's lifelong mission to bring educational equality and justice to all―especially young girls.

Maithili Joshi's spot-on comic illustrations bring this icon to life, and back matter instructs readers on how to be more like Malala!

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Review quotes

Praise for You Are a Star, Ruth Bader Ginsburg:

"Can there be too many biographies of Ruth Bader Ginsburg? Robbins' contribution assures us the answer is no... Colorful and expressive." — Booklist

"Conversational first-person narrative, inset graphics, fact boxes, and appealing illustrations combine to paint a well-rounded picture of Ruth Bader Ginsburg... A warm, informative, and entertaining biography of a pioneering scholar, lawyer, and judge." — Kirkus Reviews

Praise for You Are a Star, Jane Goodall

"A warm testimonial to the life and achievements of Jane Goodall...An enticing invitation to be like the courageous and innovative primatologist profiled here."—Kirkus Reviews

"Charming...Easy and engaging, this is an energetic biography in a pleasing format and is a strong first puchase."—School Library Journal

Dean Robbins
Dean Robbins is the author of ¡Mambo Mucho Mambo! The Dance That Crossed Color Lines, illustrated by Eric Velasquez. He is also the author of Margaret and the Moon: How Margaret Hamilton Saved the First Lunar Landing, illustrated by Lucy Knisley; Miss Paul and the President: The Creative Campaign for Women's Right to Vote, illustrated by Nancy Zhang; and Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass, illustrated by Sean Qualls and Selina Alko, as well as a jazz trumpet player, a jazz critic, and a jazz festival organizer. Dean Robbins lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

Susanna Chapman is an illustrator, muralist, and designer. Her books include Ada and the Galaxies by Alan Lightman and Olga Pastuchiv and Elizabeth Warren's Big, Bold Plans by Laurie Ann Thompson. She lives in Nashville, Tennessee.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9781338895087
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Publication date
January 02, 2024
Series
You Are a Star
BISAC categories
JNF007120 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography | Women
Library of Congress categories
Social conditions
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Biography & Autobiograp
Education
Social reformers
Young women
Yousafzai, Malala
Sex discrimination in education
Women social reformers
Political activists
Pakistan
Children's rights

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