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Clemantine had a simple and fun life with her siblings when she was a young four-year-old.

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An uprising is forming in Rwanda which leads to the Rwandan genocide, Clemantine was young and confused when these events took place.

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Clemantine and her sister were forced to flee their home after the Rwandan Genocide. They must now learn to survive on their own.

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Clemantine had been one of those untrusting parents and kids due to the harsh lives they lived as refugees.

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Clemantine has at this point spent most of her life focusing on surviving. Now she is having trouble adjusting to her new life and living.

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Clemantine is naturally untrusting now and doesn't open up to anybody because of her trauma and fear.

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Clemantine, throughout the book, elaborates on how people can never understand how she feels and how much she struggled.

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Pudi and Clemantine were very close siblings. Pudi was her best friend who also treated her the best. Clemantine never said goodbye to Pudi before he died. By the time she wanted to, it was too late.

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It's sad to see how war over time has damaged Clemantine's family and their relationships with each other. The family is very distant with one another and treat each other like strangers.

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Clemantine is healing. One of the things she does is mend her relationship with her mother.

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Clemantine and her family are cleared to move to the U.S. as refugees.

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Clemantine decides that her past does not define her and she needs to be her own person.

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Clementine is determined but also driven by anxiety at times. She wants to be like her empowering sister, Claire.