A Long Walk to Water
by Linda Sue Park
Recommended by: Evelyn V.
This book is written in two different parts, but in the end they come together. One of the parts is about an 11-year-old girl, who's from the Nuer tribe, named Nya, who has to walk to a pond that's two hours away, twice a day, to get water for her family. When the pond dries up her family moves close to a big lake for a few months until the pond fills up again. Then when she goes back to her village, visitors come and claim that they know an easy way to access water. They find a spot between two trees and put a pump in for the village. The second part is about a boy named Salvo, who went to school one morning when gunshots went off and the war came to his village. He ran away from the fighting and found people from his tribe and stayed with them, but he couldn't find his family. They soon left him because he was a child and thought he'd be too much trouble. A few days later, another group goes by and Salva joins them. They make their way through Sudan and the desert, until they reach Ethiopia. On their way there they had many difficulties like the lions and the crocodiles; and starvation and dehydration. After about 5 years, the Ethiopian government kicks them out. Salva, who is now 17, leads a group to Kenya where he stays for a few years until he gets an opportunity to move to New York, in America. Find out how these two parts come together at the end of the book.
This book is written in two different parts, but in the end they come together. One of the parts is about an 11-year-old girl, who's from the Nuer tribe, named Nya, who has to walk to a pond that's two hours away, twice a day, to get water for her family. When the pond dries up her family moves close to a big lake for a few months until the pond fills up again. Then when she goes back to her village, visitors come and claim that they know an easy way to access water. They find a spot between two trees and put a pump in for the village. The second part is about a boy named Salvo, who went to school one morning when gunshots went off and the war came to his village. He ran away from the fighting and found people from his tribe and stayed with them, but he couldn't find his family. They soon left him because he was a child and thought he'd be too much trouble. A few days later, another group goes by and Salva joins them. They make their way through Sudan and the desert, until they reach Ethiopia. On their way there they had many difficulties like the lions and the crocodiles; and starvation and dehydration. After about 5 years, the Ethiopian government kicks them out. Salva, who is now 17, leads a group to Kenya where he stays for a few years until he gets an opportunity to move to New York, in America. Find out how these two parts come together at the end of the book.
This book was: Intense, captivating, and mind blowing!
I would recommend this book to: People interested in social justice.
I would recommend this book to: People interested in social justice.
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