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I am Malala, an autobiography by Malala Yousafzai (Review by Willie Fowler)

I am Malala. A review by Willie Fowler I am Malala is an autobiography written by the Malala Yousafzai. For some brief background information, Malala is a Pakistani woman born in July 17th 1997. Being the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, and the second Pakistani, she has solidified her role as an activist for women and girls in Pakistan. The story begins with a prologue. It's Malala describing her surroundings at home. Her own room that has an unmade bed, people playing Cricket outside her house, her school uniform, among other things. After eating a quick breakfast and saying a quick prayer because of her upcoming exam, she departs to school on a bus. Suddenly, the bus is stopped by 2 white-robed men, who jump onto the bus and ask "Who is Malala." This generates lots of tension. This ends on a cliffhanger and advances onto some more background knowledge on Malala; we don't know what happens to Malala next until we read more of the story. In the following ...

Warcross

              Marie Lu is an amazing writer, and she demonstrates that in her novel, Warcross . Warcross is about a poor 18-year-old, Emika Chen, living on the streets of New York. Much of her income comes from hunting down players in the Neuro Link. The Neuro Link is a way to play Warcross by creating a virtual reality. Warcross is a mix between Overwatch and League of Legends. Anyways, she is essentially a virtual bounty hunter with an incredible ability to hack through and understand the code of Warcross. However, desperate for money, she exploits into a Warcross match to try and steal a valuable powerup, a buff, that can be sold money; however, her coding backfires and she spawns into the game. Because of the attention that this brought Emika, the founder of the Neuro Link, Hideo Tanaka, decides to hire Emika because of her ability to hack. Hideo decides to have Emika go undercover and find information on Zero, a noto...