A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
Hi my name is Kire. I love to read, play volleyball and play my viola.
A Long Walk to Water is a historical fiction novel that follows two main characters, Salva and Nya. Salva is a young boy living a normal life in a small village, until one day while he is in school, a group of people attack the village because of the war going on in Sudan. This causes Salva to flee and get separated from his family. Salva then finds a group of people to walk with to a refugee camp. Along the way, Salva faces many hardships. He makes it to a refugee camp where he lives for a couple of years until the government forces everyone to leave.
Eventually, Salva ends up at a different refugee camp where he learns English and is chosen to move to America. He moves to Rochester, New York where he then comes up with an idea as an adult to help people in Sudan who don’t have clean drinking water. This is where Nya comes in. Nya is a young girl living in a village where there is no clean water to drink and the trek to get water takes all day. With the help of Salva’s organization, a well for clean drinking water was built in Nya’s village.
Overall, I would say that this book has a nice ending. I would probably give A Long Walk to Water three out of five stars because at some points in the story, I found it to be a bit slow. I would recommend this book to people who want a short and interesting story based on true events.
