A review by samanthaardenlockheart
The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After by Clemantine Wamariya

5.0

This book was an extraordinary retelling of Clemantine Wamirya's life as she went through the worst thing a person could go through—a genocide. And she was only 6 years old when the Rwandan Genocide, to be more specific, began. I am very moved by her story and look up to her as an inspiration. Clemantine reminds me that I am more than my pain, sadness, and feelings of worthlessness, just as she had to remind herself of that. I commend her. She is so incredible.