A LONG WALK TO WATER
Author: Linda Sue Park
Publisher: Sandpiper Press Copyright: 2010 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.
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Journeys with three refugees from South Sudan as they return home after being exiled from their country during a long civil war. The program shares how each man now has the opportunity to search for lost relatives, reflect on childhood experiences, and help build a new nation in South Sudan.
Grade(s) 6-8, 9-12 ©2011 BBC Active Full video: 50:42 |
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