How Dare the Sun Rise: Memoirs of a War Child
by Sandra Uwiringiyimana and Abigail Pesta
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- Grade
- 7-12
- Genre
- Nonfiction
Year Published 2017
Word Count 59,598
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 790L
- ATOS Reading Level: 5.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- 190492
- Curricular Area
- English Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Subject Headings
- Uwiringiyimana, Sandra
- Refugees
- Bujumbura Region
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance
- Young Adult Social Situations
- Rochester (N.Y.)
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics | Emigration & Immigration
- Autobiographies
- Massacres
- United States
- Burundi
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Young Adult Nonfiction | Social Topics | Violence
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Meet-the-Author Recording with Sandra Uwiringiyimana about How Dare the Sun Rise
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 4
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Cultural Representation Reflection
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Teaching Ideas from Primary Source Pairings
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Discussion Guide from HarperCollins
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Book Readings 1

Audiobook Excerpt narrated by Sandra Uwiringiyimana
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Vocabulary Lists 1

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Awards & Distinctions 3

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2015-2020
Contemporary Concerns Selection, 2018

ILA Young Adults' Choices Reading List, 2015-2020
Selection, 2018

Junior Library Guild Selections, 2012-2020
Nonfiction Selection, 2017
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