Washoe County Library System

Malala Yousafzai was a girl who loved to learn but was told that girls would no longer be allowed to go to school. She wrote a blog that called attention to what was happening in her beautiful corner of Pakistan and realized that words can bring about change. She has continued to speak out for the right of all children to have an education. In 2014 she won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Describes the life of the sharecroppers' son who became an Olympic legend and challenged Hitler's dream of Aryan superiority.

An easy-to-read version of the remarkable and inspiring story of Helen Keller and her special teacher, Annie Sullivan

This inspiring story is about an extraordinary woman who changed America forever because she wouldn't take no for an answer.

Recounts the life story of the influential Paiute woman who fought for justice and a better life for her people.