A Long Walk to Water : Based on a True Story

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  • Jane Addams Children's Book Award for Older Children (2011)
  • Flicker Tale Children's Book Award Nominee for Juvenile (2012)
  • Pennsylvania Young Readers' Choice Award Nominee for Grades 6-8 (2013)
  • Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

A Long Walk to Water : Based on a True Story

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ISBN: 9780547577319
Authors: Linda Sue Park
Publisher: Clarion Books
Date of Publication: 2011-10-04
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Young Adult, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Realistic Fiction, War
Goodreads rating: 4.26
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Description

Cherished by millions of readers, this #1 New York Times bestselling novel 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. 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.
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  • Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award Nominee (2015)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.