A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

By Linda Sue Park

67 ratings 91 reviews 104 followers
Interest LevelReading LevelReading A-ZATOSWord Count
Grades 6 - 8Grades 3 - 8W521221

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, 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.

Publisher: Clarion Books
ISBN-13: 9780547251271
ISBN-10: 0547251270
Published on 11/15/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Number of pages: 128

Book Reviews (92)

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jellybean1 jellybean1

This is a really sad book. It is really interesting and happy at the end. Salva (the main carracter) is a very courages boy.
candyexpress candyexpress

I really want to read this book. The summary seems so interesting and I like books that alternate characters so I think I just may like this book.
amazingdancer22 amazingdancer22

This book is interesting and shows two stories that oddly connect at the end. It's awesome.
mckayla16 mckayla16

well i like this book because it made me feel like i was in that invierment and it made me feel sad because well you have to read it your self..:)
emma1244 emma1244

I LOVED THIS BOOK! MYFAVORITE BOOK.
Mrs. Galloway Mrs. Galloway

A fun story to read with cool characters. I like that it refers to Alcatraz;s history. A unique ending that makes you think.
taytay123 taytay123

This was a good book, that's really all i have to say about it.
max105 max105

I read A long walk to water in class. It was very tragic in the beginning because the story is about the life of a poor village boy named Salva , and he is the main character.He had to endure a pretty harsh life and a hostile environment., when there his country Southern Sudan is involved in a brutal war. Just like most stories however, ,there was a happy ending for him, which I wont spoil for those reading this book.
kfdancer2003 kfdancer2003

there are two stories in this book and at the end both of the stories combined. it is a really good book
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