Structure

I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced, by Nujood Ali with Delphine Minoui, is separated into eleven medium-sized chapters. Nujood’s story begins when she is in the courthouse seeking help. The story then flashbacks to the events leading up to her appeal to the judges in the courthouse. The ordeal of her marriage to a thirty-year-old man is chronicled as well as her escape to the courthouse. The last several chapters cover the granting of her divorce and the aftermath. The last chapter describes her aspiration to follow in the footsteps of her attorney and become a lawyer and advocate for abused girls.

The final chapter is followed by an epilogue written by co-author Minoui who explains how the poverty, lack of education, and traditions of Yemen and other Middle Eastern countries foster the kind of mistreatment and abuse that Nujood was forced to endure. She adds...