How Dare the Sun Rise

How Dare the Sun Rise
Author: Sandra Uwiringiyimana
Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2018-05-15
Genre:
ISBN: 9781536439540

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The author shares the story of her survival during the Gatumba massacre, despite losing her mother and sister, and how after moving to America she found healing through art and activism.

Remembering Paris 1958-1960

Remembering Paris 1958-1960
Author: Sandra Hochman
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Total Pages: 135
Release: 2017-10-03
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1683365364

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Turner Publishing is proud to present another heartfelt memoir from the early life of the novelist, poet, and activist, Sandra Hochman. Following Hochman's Loving Robert Lowell that revealed the details of her affair with one of America's greatest poets, Remembering Paris 1958-1960, A Memoir chronicles Sandra's years before meeting Lowell, her first teenaged love and subsequent tumultuous marriage to an internationally famous concert violinist at the age of 21, her life as an American expatriate, and finding her creative voice in the City of Lights.

Lost Girl Found

Lost Girl Found
Author: Leah Bassoff
Publisher: Groundwood Books Ltd
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2014-01-24
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1554984181

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In war-torn Sudan, a girl must make heart-rending choices as she fights for survival and a chance at a future. “This short, quickly paced narrative will stay with readers for the rest of their lives.” School Library Journali, STARRED REVIEW “Moving and necessary.” Kirkus, STARRED REVIEW For Poni, life in her small village in southern Sudan is simple and complicated at the same time. Stay in school. Beat up any boy who tries to show attention. Watch out for the dangers in the river. But then the war comes. And when soldiers arrive in her village and bombs begin to rain from the sky, there is only one thing for Poni to do. Run. Poni runs for her life, and alongside thousands of refugees, she must then make a long, dusty trek across the east African countryside. Driven by the sheer will to survive, Poni finds her way to the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, where she hopes to be reunited with her family. And if she is lucky, she will one day be able to convince the authorities that she is worthy to go to the land of opportunity. But the misery in Kakuma is almost overwhelming, and sooner than Poni could have imagined, she is on the run again. With single-minded determination, Poni survives hell and back, but she cannot escape the war’s devastating psychological effects or her survivor’s guilt. In a heartbreaking final twist, Poni finds her mother just as she is about to leave for America—forcing her to make the hardest decision of all. Key Text Features map historical note timeline glossary references Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts: CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.3 Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution. CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.6 Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text.

The Dark of the Sun

The Dark of the Sun
Author: Wilbur Smith
Publisher: Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2018-01-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1785765906

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An action-packed thriller by global sensation, Wilbur Smith. 'A master storyteller' - Sunday Times 'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' - The Times 'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily Mirror The highest prize comes at the highest price... Captain Bruce Curry has a simple enough mission: to lead his mercenary soldiers to rescue a town cut off by rebel fighting in the Belgian Congo. But events quickly take a turn for the worse as it becomes clear that the town's diamond supplies are the real focus of the mission. And where there is treasure, danger always seems to follow. It isn't long before Curry finds something even more valuable than diamonds in the town. Something he'll do anything to protect. And soon he discovers that his most deadly enemies might be those closest to him . . .

The Sun Also Rises

The Sun Also Rises
Author: Ernest Hemingway
Publisher:
Total Pages: 276
Release: 1926
Genre:
ISBN:

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We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders

We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders
Author: Linda Sarsour
Publisher: 37 Ink
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2021-03-02
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1982105178

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Linda Sarsour, co-organizer of the Women’s March, shares an “unforgettable memoir” (Booklist) about how growing up Palestinian Muslim American, feminist, and empowered moved her to become a globally recognized activist on behalf of marginalized communities across the country. On a chilly spring morning in Brooklyn, nineteen-year-old Linda Sarsour stared at her reflection, dressed in a hijab for the first time. She saw in the mirror the woman she was growing to be—a young Muslim American woman unapologetic in her faith and her activism, who would discover her innate sense of justice in the aftermath of 9/11. Now heralded for her award-winning leadership of the Women’s March on Washington, Sarsour offers a “moving memoir [that] is a testament to the power of love in action” (Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow). From the Brooklyn bodega her father owned, where Linda learned the real meaning of intersectionality, to protests in the streets of Washington, DC, Linda’s experience as a daughter of Palestinian immigrants is a moving portrayal of what it means to find one’s voice and use it for the good of others. We follow Linda as she learns the tenets of successful community organizing, and through decades of fighting for racial, economic, gender, and social justice, as she becomes one of the most recognized activists in the nation. We also see her honoring her grandmother’s dying wish, protecting her children, building resilient friendships, and mentoring others even as she loses her first mentor in a tragic accident. Throughout, she inspires you to take action as she reaffirms that we are not here to be bystanders. In this “book that speaks to our times” (The Washington Post), Harry Belafonte writes of Linda in the foreword, “While we may not have made it to the Promised Land, my peers and I, my brothers and sisters in liberation can rest easy that the future is in the hands of leaders like Linda Sarsour. I have often said to Linda that she embodies the principle and purpose of another great Muslim leader, brother Malcolm X.” This is her story.

One Thousand Days in the Sun

One Thousand Days in the Sun
Author: Frank Okolo
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2016-07-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9781533089120

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Young Thabo sleeps over in the Chief's house on an errand for his father. Overnight he gropes the Chief's extraordinarily beautiful daughter Nefrika. Obsessed with her, he returns to his father's house convinced that Nefrika is his destiny. Five years later, they meet again as young adults. Thabo's old passions resurface, except that this time Nefrika is on the market at the Wives Exchange and able men must fight other suitors to claim their desired bride. Thabo is considered weak by his tribesmen, and must now muster enough courage to fight an insanely fearsome suitor named Manpower who killed his opponent in a previous wiving fight. Thabo rejects the notion of renouncing Nefrika to avoid Manpower's legendary ruthlessness. Determined to win the woman he thinks rightfully belongs to him, Thabo must learn the ageless laws of manhood and the forbidden secrets of the women's Unclean Hut.

Sun Stand Still

Sun Stand Still
Author: Steven Furtick
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-09-21
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1601423225

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If you're not daring to believe God for the impossible, you may be sleeping through some of the best parts of your Christian Life. “This book is not a Snuggie. The words on these pages will not go down like Ambien. I’m not writing to calm or coddle you. With God’s help, I intend to incite a riot in your mind. Trip your breakers and turn out the lights in your favorite hiding places of insecurity and fear. Then flip the switch back on so that God’s truth can illuminate the divine destiny that may have been lying dormant inside you for years. In short, I’m out to activate your audacious faith. To inspire you to ask God for the impossible. And in the process, to reconnect you with your God-sized purpose and potential.” —Steven Furtick, from Sun Stand Still

Rising From The Dust

Rising From The Dust
Author: Fauza Beltz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 152
Release: 2016-10-22
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780994593801

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Yesterday I Saw the Sun

Yesterday I Saw the Sun
Author: Ally Sheedy
Publisher: Pocket Books
Total Pages: 140
Release: 1991
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 9780671731304

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A popular actress offers a collection of fifty poems that speak to the concerns of millions of young women, as she deals with love, men, and drug and alcohol rehabilitation