| Description |
1 online resource (6 audio files) : digital |
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06:25:25 |
| Description |
audio file rda |
| Note |
Unabridged. |
| Performer |
Narrator: Sandra Uwiringiyimana. |
| Summary |
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 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. |
| System Details |
Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 180688 KB). |
| Subject |
Uwiringiyimana, Sandra.
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Refugees -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Biography. -- Sound recordings.
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Refugees -- United States -- Biography. -- Sound recordings.
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Massacres -- Burundi -- Bujumbura Region. -- Sound recordings.
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Rochester (N.Y.) -- Biography.
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| Genre |
Electronic audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Pesta, Abigail, author.
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| ISBN |
9780062682932 (sound recording) |
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