Sandra Uwiringiyimana’s stunning YA debut HOW DARE THE SUN RISE begins with a massacre in a Burundi refugee camp where she lost her sister. It goes on to detail not only the horrors of her experience as a refugee, but more importantly, the beauty and joy that she has grown up with. This #ownvoices story is powerful not only because it’s direct, but also because it is raw and beautifully depicted.
From the book: “As a kid, I was never afraid of monsters at night: All the monsters I knew walked in daylight and carried big guns.”
Kirkus called it a “touching memoir” and a “hard-hitting autobiography [that] will have readers reeling.”
You can see Sandra in a 2017 CBS interview here.
From the interview: “I wrote this so that hopefully we can all contribute to building a better world, especially a better America, for all of us. You just…
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