A Long Walk to Water

The New York Times bestseller 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, fetches water from a pond that is tow hours' walk from her home. She makes two trips to the pond every day. the boy, Salva, becomes one of the last 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 and attack by armed rebels, to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor. His story intersects with Nya's in an astonishing and moving way."--Back cover

• | Author: Linda Sue Park
• | Publisher: Thorndike Striving Reader
• | Publication Date: February 01, 2020
• | Number of Pages: 221 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1432875922
• | ISBN-13: 9781432875923