A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

Publishers Weekly,Newbery Medalist Park's (The Single Shard) spare, hard-hitting novel delivers a memorable portrait of two children in Sudan-one an 11-year-old Lost Boy, Salva, who fled in 1985 and later immigrated to the United States, and 11-year-old Nya, who collects water for her village in 2008. Park employs well-chosen details and a highly atmospheric setting to underscore both children's struggles to survive. Salva's journey is tragic and harrowing, as he's driven by attacking soldiers and braves hunger, shifting alliances among refugees, and the losses of a friend to a lion attack and his uncle to violent marauders. "The days became a never-ending walk," he reflects. Salva's narrative spans 23 years and highlights myriad hardships but not without hope, as he withstands the deprivations of refugee camps, leads 1,200 boys to Kenya, and eventually gains sanctuary in Rochester, N.Y., where he still lives (he also contributes an afterword). Briefer entries about Nya preface chapters about Salva, illustrating the daily realities and sacrifices of modern-day life in Sudan. The eventual connection of Salva and Nya's stories offers the promise of redemption and healing. Ages 10-up. (Nov.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Book format	Hardcover
Fiction/nonfiction	Fiction
Genre	Children's Books
Publication date	January, 2010
Pages	128
Reading level	Preschool
Age range	10 - 12 Years
Subgenre	Historical
Series title	No Series Title found
Number in series	1
Edition	Edition Number One
Publisher	Clarion Books
Original languages	English Language
Translator	No Translator info
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Language	English Language
Edu focus	Solar System & Astronomy
Educational level	High School
Awards won	No Awards Won in the past
Is collectible	N
Occasion	NO SPECIAL OCCASSION
Character	No Real Character
Character group	No Character Group
Illustrator	No Illustrator Information
Editor	No editor info found
Binding type	Comb
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Digital reader format	NO DIGITIAL READER FORMAT
Digital audio file format	No Digital Audio Format
Narrator	No Narrator Info Found
Recording time	10 min
Number of discs	1
Retail packaging	Multipack
Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h)	10.00 x 10.00 x 10.00 in
Assembled product weight	10 oz
Sport	No Sport Information
Bisac subject heading	Fiction