Laurel Taylor’s Reviews > I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World > Status Update

Malala is adjusting to life in Birmingham and feels homesick a lot. She skypes with her friends back home. She has a few more surgeries to get and is almost back to where she was before the attack.

Malala is getting better and she has learned that her shooting was world news. She has a surgery to fix the side of her face she cannot move. She gets released from the hospital, but she cannot go home.

Malala is getting better and can talk a little. Her family finally comes and they are shocked by her appearance. They all start to heal together as they tell Malala what happened to her.

We get to where Malala was shot and she does not remember any of it. She is in the ICU and she cannot talk and she can barely move. All she can think about is how is she going to pay for the care and where her father is.

The Taliban is seeming defeated and Malala and her family can go home. Things return to mostly normal and Malala starts to get awards for her speeches. With these awards also comes death threats from the Taliban.

A peace treaty is imposed and it introduces Sharia law, but there really isn't peace. Malala still continues to sneak off to school and learn as much as possible. More people are being beaten and killed as the Taliban moves closer to the capital.

Life is getting worse and it seems school will be shut down for the girls. Malala's life is starting to get more publicity and she becomes a secret diary writer. There are also interviews where she shows her face to many people.

Malala's city slowly becomes taken over by the Taliban and they are all scared. Her father stands up to the Taliban and tries to enact change in the government. The army arrives and drives the Taliban back slightly, but they still cast some control over the city.

As Malala grew older there are some changes in Pakistan. After a big earthquake a party called the TNSM slowly started to take over using radio broadcasts. They spoke about women's schools, short hair, music, and western aid being harmful and bad.

We learn of Malala's childhood and how different it was. Her father praised her and treated her like she was a person of her own. Malala is very confused by the way most women are treated and does not want to be like most women in Pakistan.