I bet the title grabbed your attention, like it did mine. This nonfiction was based on Nujood's life, and young girl who was born in Yemen, right across the border from Saudi Arabia. Her life was spent listening to whatever her father and older brothers told her to do, including get married.
It is amazing that this young girl chose to stand up for her rights and be free to become a child again. But it is even more amazing that it is a girl standing up for her rights in a country that doesn't believe women should talk at all. Her mother doesn't stand up for her rights, and in fact we discover her older sister is in jail for committing adultery with another sister's husband.
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