How dare the sun rise : memoirs of a war child / Sandra Uwiringiyimana, Abigail Pesta ; [edited by] Ben Rosenthal.
Material type: TextPublication details: Harpercollins Childrens Books 2017.Edition: 1st editionDescription: 288 pages color photographs ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780062470140
- 0062470140
- 920
- YA 967.572 UWI
Item type | Current library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Book | Otis Community Library | Young Adult | Young Adult | YA 967.57 Uwiringiyimana, Sandra | Available | 32245000168040 |
This profoundly moving memoir is the remarkable and inspiring true story of Sandra Uwiringiyimana, a girl from the Democratic Republic of the Congo who tells the tale of how she survived a massacre, immigrated to America, and overcame her trauma through art and activism. Sandra was just ten years old when she found herself with a gun pointed at her head. She had watched as rebels gunned down her mother and six-year-old sister in a refugee camp. Remarkably, the rebel didn?t pull the trigger, and Sandra escaped. Thus began a new life for her and her surviving family members. With no home and no money, they struggled to stay alive. Eventually, through a United Nations refugee program, they moved to America, only to face yet another ethnic disconnect. Sandra may have crossed an ocean, but there was now a much wider divide she had to overcome. And it started with middle school in New York. In this memoir, Sandra tells the story of her survival, of finding her place in a new country, of her hope for the future, and how she found a way to give voice to her people.
Juvenile Grades 7-9 Ages 12-14.
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