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Mar 30, 2018 Booknblues rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: african-american, memoir, coming-of-age, africa, nonfiction, survival, social-commentary, autobiography, refugee

I finished How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child yesterday and I'm still feeling blown away by it. In a time when refugees are no longer welcomed, I think that becoming aware of what they are fleeing is important and young activist, Sandra Uwiringiyimana lays it all out there.

This is by no means an easy read, the book starts with Sandra's memory of her experience at 10 years of age of a massacre of her people at a UN refugee camp in Burundi in which many of her relatives were murdered.

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Feb 12, 2019 Stephanie rated it really liked it

I will assign this for summer reading for my studets this year...I think that says it all.

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Mar 24, 2021 Cora rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: american-author, kindle, nonfiction, young-adult, africa, war, history, coming-of-age, immigration, memoir

I think this book offers a wonderful perspective into the life of a refugee. Often, people fleeing violence and war are seen as statistics. Sandra gives us a look at the humanity of these people. She asks us to view her as more than a refugee, as a person. I think this book is especially important now, as our country faces growing numbers of asylum seekers at the southern boarder. Each one of those migrants has their own story and their own desire to find their place in the world. This book is y ...more

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