I am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced is a real life story about Nujood
Ali. She was a ten year old girl living in Yemen, a country in the Middle East.
The quote above sums up what the whole book is about. Nujood had so many
dreams; seeing the ocean, learning how to read and having a better life.
However, her reality is completely different. When she was only 10, her father
forced her into marrying a guy three times her age! Because of this, Nujood had
to leave school and her family to live with him. She then suffered physical,
emotional and sexual abuse from her husband every single day. A few weeks after
her marriage, she ran away and went to the court. Although child marriage is
common in Yemen, she was one of the first to file for divorce. After a long
time, she finally managed to get divorced and go back to school.
