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Books for March and April!

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Hello, everyone. We had a great meeting at Noël's house Sunday and selected two books for the next meetings. Here's the info below. I didn't add links this time because Amazon.fr is down, believe it or not. I'm sure it will be back up soon. March 22nd book selection is I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai The meeting will be at Mandy's house in Villevieille *Winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize* In 2009 Malala Yousafzai began writing a blog on BBC Urdu about life in the Swat Valley as the Taliban gained control, at times banning girls from attending school. When her identity was discovered, Malala began to appear in both Pakistani and international media, advocating the freedom to pursue education for all. In October 2012, gunmen boarded Malala's school bus and shot her in the face, a bullet passing through her head and into her shoulder. Remarkably, Malala survived the shooting. "A story for each and every girl who chooses to break societal