I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced (Non-Fiction 2010)

By the age of 10, Nujood Ali has been married off to an abusive husband who regularly rapes and beats her, escapes during a visit to her poverty-stricken family, finds her way to a sympathetic judge and with the compassionate aid of lawyers wins a divorce – the first in Yemen to accomplish this. Told from a child’s viewpoint, the simple prose conveys the horror of the situation and the relief from the oppression. After the divorce at age 10, Nujood was able to return to school and the happiness of education while determined, through her story and other ways, to help others in her situation. A small book of less than 200 pages, it is available in book form and on E-Books in our library.

Review by Carol Lyke