Author: Linda Sue Park. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010, 1st Edition. Printed in USA. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 7.5 x 5 inch, 122 pages.
A LONG WALK TO WATER, A Novel Based on a True Story, by Linda Sue Park, is a powerful tale of perseverance and hope. Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park 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.
