A Long Walk to Water- Linda Sue Park

Title:  A Long Walk to Water
Author: Park, Linda Sue
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin, 2009
ISBN-10: 0547251270

Genre: Historical Fiction
Reading Level: 720 Lexile
Interest Level: 10+


Readers Annotation: She walks eight hours every day to fetch water. He is escaping a war torn town. Their stories are different but its one country.

Plot:
This story follows two different children. Nya is in 2008 and she walks eight hours a day gathering water for her family. While walking she has a lot of time to think about life. When the seasons change, she must walk even farther. She meets people along the way. Salva is a "lost boy" of Sudan in 1985. He is slowly traveling through the country trying to find a place he can call home. The two stories collide even though they are in two different times and situations.

Review:
This book was one I will not forget for a long time. There was so much to it that I had to stop and just think about it for a bit sometimes. This is a wonderful story of how different people and times can still be connected. This is based on a true story which made it even more interesting to read. There were times I cried and times I smiled. I would recommend this to anyone at any age.

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