How Dare the Sun Rise

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 "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.Sandra was just ten years old when she...