Junior Library Guild Selection * New York Public Library''s Best Books for Teens * Goodreads Choice Awards Nonfiction Finalist * Chicago Public Librarys Best of the Best Books for Teens: Nonfiction * 2018 Texas Topaz Nonfiction List * YALSA''s 2018 Quick Picks List  * Bank Street''s 2018 Best Books of the Year This gut-wrenching, poetic memoir reminds us that no life story can be reduced to the wordrefugee."New York Times Book Review A critical piece of literature, contributing to the larger refugee narrative in a way that is complex and nuanced.School Library Journal (starred review) 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 do