As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil that she could use to redraw reality. She would use it to give gifts to her family, to erase the smell from the rubbish dump near her house, to sleep an extra hour in the morning.

As she grew older, Malala wished for bigger and bigger things. She saw a world that needed fixing. And even if she never found a magic pencil, Malala realized that she could still work hard every day to make her wishes come true.

This beautifully illustrated picture book tells Malala's story, in her own words, for a younger audience and shows them the worldview that allowed her to hold on to hope and to make her voice heard even in the most difficult of times.


這是諾貝爾和平獎得主馬拉拉，用自身故事創作出的第一本圖畫書。書中講述她從小就希望能擁有魔法鉛筆，她想用魔法鉛筆畫出更好的世界，她要擦掉飢餓與戰爭，畫出男女平等的畫面。馬拉拉還說她相信魔法，她在她的文字與工作中找到了魔法。馬拉拉的故事告訴了讀者，每個人都擁有自己的魔法，只要堅定信念努力尋找，總有一天就能讓自己的聲音被聽見。