How Dare the Sun Rise
Memoirs of a War Child
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · May 15, 2018
Junior 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 * Bank Street's 2018 Best Books of the Year “This gut-wrenching, poetic memoir reminds us that no life story can be reduced to the word ‘refugee.’" —New York Times Book Review “A critical piece of literature, contributing to the larger refugee narrative in a way that is complex and nuanced.” —School Library Journal (starred review) 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.
We earn from qualifying purchases.
- Who it’s for
- A moving memoir of survival, migration, and finding ways to make a story heard.
- Themes
- Survival and recovery, Immigration and belonging, Art and activism
- Genres
- Immigration for Teens, Activist Biographies, Africa for Teens
Nearest books
Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved. Most of these share its genre: Immigration for Teens.
Concrete KidsAmyra León54% match
Don't Look BackAchut Deng, Keely Hutton65% matchAlso shares Africa for Teens
Lost Boy, Lost GirlJohn Bul Dau62% matchAlso shares Africa for Teens
The Other SideJuan Pablo Villalobos62% match
The Cat I Never NamedAmra Sabic-El-Rayess, Laura L. Sullivan62% match
Ordinary HazardsNikki Grimes58% match
Almost American GirlRobin Ha61% match
Outcasts UnitedWarren St. John55% match
For younger readers: Refugee: the Graphic Novel, Allies, Fighting Words
Start with three books, and this one can be the first.
Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.
Start with this bookAbout this book
Junior 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 * Bank Street's 2018 Best Books of the Year “This gut-wrenching, poetic memoir reminds us that no life story can be reduced to the word ‘refugee.’" —New York Times Book Review “A critical piece of literature, contributing to the larger refugee narrative in a way that is complex and nuanced.” —School Library Journal (starred review) 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.
Continue reading
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.
A Voice Reclaimed
A moving memoir of survival, migration, and finding ways to make a story heard.
Come here for
- A personal account of surviving violence and starting over
- A thoughtful lens on belonging across cultures
Expect
- A sustained, intimate narrative
- Reflections on hope, art, and activism
Where it sits
| Immigration for Teens | 63% |
|---|---|
| Activist Biographies | 58% |
| Africa for Teens | 23% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Lives in History
- Activist Biographies
- Women's Lives
- Family
Show all 8 publisher categories
- Girls & Women
- Africa for Teens
- African American U.S. History for Teens
- Immigration for Teens
- Authors
- Sandra Uwiringiyimana, Abigail Pesta
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- May 15, 2018
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Survival and recovery · Immigration and belonging · Art and activism
- Reading lane
- Lives in History