| | Prologue | p. 3 |
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| | A Daughter Is Born | p. 13 |
| | My Father the Falcon | p. 27 |
| | Growing Up in a School | p. 40 |
| | The Village | p. 58 |
| | Why I Don t Wear Earrings and Pashtuns Don't Say Thank You | p. 69 |
| | Children of the Rubbish Mountain | p. 80 |
| | The Mufti Who Tried to Close Our School | p. 90 |
| | The Autumn of the Earthquake | p. 102 |
| | The Valley of Death | |
| | Radio Mullah | p. 111 |
| | Toffees, Tennis Balls and the Buddhas of Swat | p. 123 |
| | The Clever Class | p. 135 |
| | The Bloody Square | p. 147 |
| | The Diary of Gul Makai | p. 154 |
| | A Funny Kind of Peace | p. 165 |
| | Leaving the Valley | p. 176 |
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| | The Valley of Sorrows | p. 189 |
| | Praying to Be Tall | p. 205 |
| | The Woman and the Sea | p. 218 |
| | A Private Talibanization | p. 227 |
| | Who Is Malala? | p. 236 |
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| | "God, I Entrust Her to You" | p. 245 |
| | Journey into the Unknown | p. 261 |
| | A Second Life | |
| | "The Girl Shot in the Head, Birmingham" | p. 275 |
| | "They Have Snatched Her Smile" | p. 290 |
| | Epilogue: One Child, One Teacher, One Book, One Pen… | p. 303 |
| | Glossary | p. 315 |
| | Important Events in Pakistan and Swat | p. 319 |
| | Acknowledgments | p. 323 |
| | A Note on the Malala Fund | p. 327 |