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A Long Walk to Water
2010 novel by Linda Sue Park
A Long Walk to Water (sometimes shortened to ALWTW) is a short novel written by Linda Sue Park and published in 2010.
Where did linda sue park grow upIt blends the true story of Salva Dut whose story is based in 1985, a part of the Dinka tribe and a Sudanese Lost Boy, and the fictional story of Nya whose story is based in 2008, a young village girl that was a part of the Nuer tribe.
Park used this book as a platform to support Dut's organization, Water for South Sudan.
Characters
Salva Dut
Salva Dut was separated from his family during the Second Sudanese Civil War in 1985, in what is now South Sudan.
He has to walk for weeks, hoping that one day he will find his family again. Salva also struggles to find food and water to survive along with avoiding rebels, lions, and other threats.
Salva dut family
Salva joins 1500 fellow "lost boys" to a refugee camp near the Gilo River. On his way, many people die including his uncle and some of his friends. Seven years late