conclusion
You are now ready to read A Long Walk to Water, a moving story based on real people and real events.
The book tells of the perilous journey of eleven-year-old Salva Dut, a Dinka boy who goes on a terror-filled trek after his southern Sudanese village is attacked by armed rebels. After being separated from his family in 1985, Salva experiences more than a decade of violence, starvation, brutality, and cruelty, as well as life-affirming kindness and companionship. Like the other “Lost Boys of Sudan,” Salva wanders a war-ravaged African landscape for more than a thousand miles on foot before finding safe haven.
The book also conveys in an equally rich, parallel narrative, another story. It is the heartfelt tale of Nya, a young Sudanese girl who, in 2008, devotes her long days to an unending quest for water.
The book tells of the perilous journey of eleven-year-old Salva Dut, a Dinka boy who goes on a terror-filled trek after his southern Sudanese village is attacked by armed rebels. After being separated from his family in 1985, Salva experiences more than a decade of violence, starvation, brutality, and cruelty, as well as life-affirming kindness and companionship. Like the other “Lost Boys of Sudan,” Salva wanders a war-ravaged African landscape for more than a thousand miles on foot before finding safe haven.
The book also conveys in an equally rich, parallel narrative, another story. It is the heartfelt tale of Nya, a young Sudanese girl who, in 2008, devotes her long days to an unending quest for water.
(Based upon Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Discussion Guide for A Long Walk to Water)