Yousafzai gathers stories from girls around the world who, like her, have had to flee their homes...telling the deeply personal stories of displacement and disruption...The accounts are intimate and...as if the narrator were sharing her story with a trusted new friend.

Uplifting...Each refugee's tale of survival is equal parts devastating and inspiring...Yousafzai specifically states that her purpose is to transform refugees from nameless, faceless statistics into who they really are: humans whose identities are more than just their displaced status. A poignant, fascinating, and relevant read.

The contributors' strength, resilience, and hope in the face of trauma is astounding, and their stories...profoundly moving.

Listeners will especially enjoy the foreword of this audiobook, narrated by Malala Yousafzai, in which she acknowledges that her well-known background will provide context for the many personal stories of loss that are told by refugee girls. Before each affecting story, listeners are given a brief introduction that recounts how Malala met the contributor. These intros provide consistency as the same narrator, Neela Vaswani, reads them. They include several passages that have been updated for the audio edition. Deepti Gupta delivers most of the interviews of the girls...This is a painful and powerful listening experience that imparts current and historical events with emotional depth.