YA Autobiography

 


YA- Autobiography

I Am Malala

By: Malala Yousafzai and Patricia McCormick  

This was so well written but not confusing.  It is about an amazing teen who stood up for women's rights even when she was put on a death list.  She was even shot in the head and she is still going.  It is an inspirational story that everyone should hear.  It was a little intense though.-Norah
This book was very well written and I loved reading it. Malala is one of my heroes and when reading this book I was able to learn so much more than I already knew about her. She stood up for what she believed in and whether or not she knew the consequences she kept going. Read this book!-Annabelle

Becoming

By: Michelle Obama

I loved this book! You might look at this book and think that looks boring, not reading that, but personally, I feel it is completely the opposite. I loved the way that Michelle Obama talked about herself growing up and how her values changed as she got older. This was a great autobiography and definitely recommend it to anyone! -Annabelle
This book was great, I would not recommend it to younger readers because they would probably not understand it.  This book is written in sections and chapters. For example, the first section is called "Becoming Me" which is chapters 1-8. I really liked that she included the pictures of her. Great Autobiography! -Bella

I Have Lived a Thousand Years

By: Livia Bitton-Jackson

I Have Lived a Thousand Years was an incredible book, to say the least. Every few months I'll rediscover it on a bookshelf and be completely appalled again and again. This book is a Holocaust memoir, written by an actual Auschwitz survivor. She was thirteen when she and her family were forced into a ghetto, and then eventually Auschwitz. She writes about the terrible living conditions, sicknesses that ravaged the camps, and how terribly brutal guards, and even other prisoners, were.  This book soars between hope and sorrow, brutality and kindness. The way this book is written truly shows how terrible and amazing humans can be. I would totally recommend this to anyone looking for a hard, but beneficial read. This book was truly amazing. -Allie