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Author:

Uwiringiyimana, Sandra, author.

Title:

How dare the sun rise : memoirs of a war child / Sandra Uwiringiyimana ; with Abigail Pesta.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

Katherine Tegen Booksan imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, color portraits ; 24 cm

Subject:

Uwiringiyimana, Sandra--Juvenile literature.
Refugees--Congo (Democratic Republic)--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Refugees--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Massacres--Bujumbura (Province)--Bujumbura (Province)--Juvenile literature.
Women refugees--New York--New York--Biography.

Other Authors:

Pesta, Abigail, author.

Summary:

Sandra Uwiringiyimana was just ten years old when she found herself with a gun pointed at her head. The rebels had come at night -- wielding weapons, torches, machetes. She 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 community, the same tribe. In other words, they were killing people simply for looking different. "Goodbye, life," she said to the man ready to shoot her. Remarkably, the rebel didn't pull the trigger, and Sandra escaped into the night. 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, and of her hope for the future.

ISBN:

0062470159
9780062470157

OCLC:

(OCoLC)974200568

LCCN:

2016957991

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

YKPE532 -- Anamosa Library & Learning Center (Anamosa)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word Seminary - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

CPPC926 -- Kalona Public Library (Kalona)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

CQPE926 -- Washington Free Public Library (Washington)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

CJPC482 -- Williamsburg Public Library (Williamsburg)