{"product_id":"how-dare-the-sun-rise-memoirs-of-a-war-child-paperback","title":"How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSandra Uwiringiyimana\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAbigail Pesta\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJunior Library Guild Selection * New York Public Library's Best Books for Teens * Goodreads Choice Awards Nonfiction Finalist * Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books for Teens: Nonfiction * 2018 Texas Topaz Nonfiction List * YALSA's 2018 Quick Picks List\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e * Bank Street's 2018 Best Books of the Year\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"This gut-wrenching, poetic memoir reminds us that no life story can \u003cstrong\u003ebe reduced to the word 'refugee.'\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A critical piece of literature, contributing to the larger refugee narrative \u003cstrong\u003ein a way that is complex and nuanced.\" --\u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e (starred review)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSandra 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThus 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSandra Uwiringiyimana was ten years old when she found herself with a gun pointed at her head. The rebels had come at night--wielding weapons, torches, and machetes. She had watched as her mother and six-year-old sister were gunned down in a refugee camp, far from their home in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The rebels were killing people who weren't from the same tribe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Good-bye, life,\" she said to the man ready to shoot her.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRemarkably, the rebel didn't pull the trigger, and Sandra escaped into the night.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThus 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this profoundly moving memoir, Sandra tells the inspiring story of her survival, of finding her place in a new country, and of her hope for the future. \u003cem\u003eHow Dare the Sun Rise\u003c\/em\u003e shows the unrelenting strength of one incredible young woman and her family, unveiling how she found a way to give voice to her people and begin the path to healing through art and activism.\u003c\/p\u003e--Joanna Coles, Chief Content Officer, Hearst Magazines\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSandra Uwiringiyimana was ten years old when she found herself with a gun pointed at her head. The rebels had come at night--wielding weapons, torches, and machetes. She had watched as her mother and six-year-old sister were gunned down in a refugee camp, far from their home in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 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