The eventual connection of Salva and Nya's stories offers the promise of redemption and healing. Briefer entries about Nya preface chapters about Salva, illustrating the daily realities and sacrifices of modern-day life in Sudan. Salva's narrative spans 23 years and highlights myriad hardships but not without hope, as he withstands the deprivations of refugee camps, leads 1,200 boys to Kenya, and eventually gains sanctuary in Rochester, N.Y., where he still lives (he also contributes an afterword). "The days became a never-ending walk," he reflects. Salva's journey is tragic and harrowing, as he's driven by attacking soldiers and braves hunger, shifting alliances among refugees, and the losses of a friend to a lion attack and his uncle to violent marauders. Its a powerful, inspirational and uplifting true story that I. Park employs well-chosen details and a highly atmospheric setting to underscore both children's struggles to survive. 104 Dislike Share Save Hi everyone, I recently read 'A Long Walk to Water' written by Linda Sue Park. Newbery Medalist Park's (The Single Shard) spare, hard-hitting novel delivers a memorable portrait of two children in Sudan-one an 11-year-old Lost Boy, Salva, who fled in 1985 and later immigrated to the United States, and 11-year-old Nya, who collects water for her village in 2008.
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