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1 online resource (1 audio file (6hr., 26 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by the author. |
| 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 |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Uwiringiyimana, Sandra.
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Children -- Violence against -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
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Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1997-
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Massacres -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
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Genocide -- Congo (Democratic Republic)
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| Added Author |
Pesta, Abigail, author.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9780062682932 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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0062682938 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11862612 |
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