A Long Walk To Water Summary

“A Long Walk To Water” by Linda Sue Park is a sensational story about an 11-year-old boy who has to fight his way through life, and an 11-year-old girl named Nya who has to make a Long walk every single morning. Linda Sue Park grew up in Urbana, Illinois where she loved to write Historical fiction for teens. In her Historical fiction books, you would most likely see that her topics would relate to Surviving and Working hard to stay on pace. Linda attended Stanford University for her college career.

A boy named Salva struggles to stay with the group during a devastating war between and needs help from his uncle to stay alive. In a different time period, a girl named Nya helps replenish her family's water every morning. The Story takes place in Loun-Ariik, Sudan. The setting is mostly hot and humid, but during night time it is cold. Along the book, there are 8 different time periods, 1985, 1991, 1992-1996, 2003-2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. In each time period, there is a new setting.
Salva’s Uncle in the story would act as a warrior by protecting the group with his rifle. Mawien Dut Salva’s father was a powerful loving father who provided for his family. Michael was a worker at the Ifo refugee camp who taught Salva some English, and Michael took his job more seriously than others it seemed. Nya was a girl in a later time period who would carry muddy water in a jug every single day which meant she was very strong and