Cover of A Long Walk To Water Based On A True Story by Linda Sue Park, a children's book set in Africa for ages 11-14

A Long Walk To Water Based On A True Story

by Linda Sue Park

Age Group: 11-14
Region: Africa
Reading Format: Middle-Grade

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About This Book

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…