How Dare The Sun Rise

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How Dare the Sun Rise

Compelling Coming-of-Age-Memoirs: How Dare the Sun Rise by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

After surviving a massacre in her home country, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, ten-year-old Sandra Uwiringiyimana came to the United States to start a new life. In this harrowing and affecting memoir, she recounts her childhood, her experiences as an immigrant in America, and her humanitarian work.

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Vocabulary list: Chapters 1–3 Chapters 4–12 Chapters 13–18 Chapters 19–26 Chapters 27–32

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VOCABULARY LISTS IN THIS COLLECTION:

Chapters 1–3
Jump to activity:
- refugee
- intimate
- massacre
- pelt
- douse
- wary
- loom
- decimate
- machete
- province
- idyllic
- lush
- intrigue
- dowry
- affair
- pamper
- stately
- ostracize
- turbulent
- vie
- languish
- limbo
- makeshift
- quirky
- clique
- kiosk
- concoct
- remnant
- amorphous
- cacophony
- malaria
- coarse
- feisty
- telltale
- oblige
- customs
- obscure
- lisp
- meander
- ingrained
Chapters 4–12
Jump to activity:
- guffaw
- conform
- clad
- bout
- console
- slur
- trailblazer
- balmy
- vigorously
- avail
- compliant
- ordeal
- inherent
- procession
- accentuate
- dub
- exodus
- frantically
- fathom
- frazzle
- forage
- demean
- demoralize
- resent
- barren
- desolate
- fateful
- apparition
- resilient
- scour
- stoic
- influx
- formidable
- disoriented
- dispatch
- mortify
- humble
- unwavering
- hovel
- divulge
Chapters 13–18
Jump to activity:
- shanty
- bittersweet
- tuberculosis
- riddle
- churn
- discombobulated
- frock
- bearing
- coveted
- enigma
- convey
- commodity
- strew
- frumpy
- gab
- muster
- dilapidated
- crude
- catcall
- flashy
- jeer
- aspire
- skewed
- kindred
- valiantly
- inkling
- tedious
- bleak
- implore
- prod
- sprawling
- modest
- wolf down
- grueling
- assimilate
- brash
- angst
- confound
- marginalize
- oppress
Chapters 19–26
Jump to activity:
- crusade
- privileged
- aback
- lingo
- versed
- dubious
- conversely
- genocide
- intently
- incidentally
- gripe
- essentially
- subdued
- appalled
- corsage
- diplomacy
- gospel
- bungle
- uproot
- plight
- foster
- persecution
- poignant
- slew
- entourage
- surreal
- humanitarian
- hobnob
- hearten
- futile
- liberal
- conservative
- deem
- ensue
- impoverished
- mired
- traverse
- ominous
- brazen
- shadowy
Chapters 27–32
Jump to activity:
- fare
- relish
- matriarch
- serene
- activism
- missionary
- eclectic
- mystified
- manifestation
- antic
- chasm
- paramount
- flashback
- lethargic
- residency
- unprovoked
- accountability
- superficial
- dejected
- forthright
- recede
- sporadic
- asymmetrical
- antsy
- embolden
- swoon
- chiffon
- somber
- pang
- mediator
- profound
- tsunami
- tenacious
- instill
- camaraderie
- spur
- spite
- gawk
- utopia
- inclusive

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