Description: This powerful tale of perseverance and hope interweaves the stories of two Sudanese children who overcome mortal dangers to improve their lives and the lives of others. A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the “lost boys” of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor, and his story goes on to A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story This powerful tale of perseverance and hope interweaves the stories of two Sudanese children who overcome mortal dangers to improve their lives and the lives of others. A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the “lost boys” of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. Enduring every hardship from loneliness to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor, and his story goes on to intersect with Nya’s in an astonishing and moving way. Includes an afterword by author Linda Sue Park and the real-life Salva Dut, on whom the novel is based, and who went on to found Water for South Sudan. 121 pages, softcover. Ages 10 and up.
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Book Title: Long Walk to Water : Based on a True Story
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication Year: 2011
Item Height: 0.4 in
Topic: People & Places / Africa, Action & Adventure / Survival Stories, People & Places / United States / African American, General, Social Themes / General (See Also Headings under Family), Historical / Africa, Historical / Military & Wars
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
Item Weight: 3.7 Oz
Item Length: 7.6 in
Author: Linda Sue Park
Item Width: 5.1 in
Format: Trade Paperback
