A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park ePub Download

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Download A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park ePub eBook free. “A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story” is a most touching and heartfelt book about strength love and faith.

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“A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story” is a very heart-touching story about a young Sudanese boy having to flee his home to avoid being captured and trained to fight and kill. Linda Sue Park is the author of this classy book. This story teaches lessons of compassion and perseverance and courage. Linda Sue Park’s ”A Long Walk to Water” is an enjoyable read that makes you appreciate the comforts we enjoy in the first world. It’s based on a true story of Salva, one of the Lost Boys of Sudan, who fled Southern Sudan and walked to Ethiopia. The story is told in two parts. The first part takes place in 1985 when the Southern Sudanese rebels were fighting the government in the North. Salva and other young boys were in school when the war reached them. They fled their home villages to reach refugee camps in Ethiopia. They left their families behind and most never saw their family again.

Later, when the refugees were driven from Ethiopia, Salva led a group of boys and walked to the camp in Kenya. The second part of the story takes place in 2008. Nya is a young girl whose job in life is to walk to fetch water all day, every day. Girls like Nya don’t go to school. Her chore day in and day out is to walk to the pond to fill her container and bring it home. After her morning trip to the pond, Nya eats, and then turns around and walks back to the pond to fill her container again. When the pond dries up, the village moves to the Lake where the water has to be reached by digging. “A Long Walk to Water” is a powerful, gritty story that grabs you and compels you to read to find out what happens to Salva and Nya. The story threads finally come together in the end. This story is highly recommended for middle-grade students, ages 10-12. This book truly brings history alive in the classroom.

Detail about Linda Sue Park ePub

Name: A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story
Author: Linda Sue Park
ISBN: 0547577311
Language: English
Genre: Children’s Africa Books, Children’s Military Fiction, Children’s African History Fiction,
Format: PDF/ePub
Size: 1 MB
Page: 128
Price: Free