What was life like for Salva at the two different refugee camps?.What are some of the important themes in this novel?.What are some similarities between Nya and Salva? What are some differences between the two individuals?.What challenges did Nya and Salva face and how did they overcome these challenges?.Reviewing the book for The Newcastle Herald, Stacey Dombkins praised Park's execution of the dual narrative, stating that the book's 'unsurprising but very satisfying ending' successfully shows how Salva's hope and determination brought positive changes to those residing in Sudan.

Pavao praised the book for Salva's courage and perseverance through his struggles. On Common Sense Media, Kate Pavao rated the book five stars. Reception Ī Long Walk to Water has received generally positive reviews from critics. Water for South Sudan is a non-profit organization created by Salva Dut which drills wells for villages in South Sudan. She then introduces herself to Salva Dut at the end of the book, because she was confused by the fact that Salva, a Dinka would help her Nuer village. A school is built along with the well and Nya is overjoyed by this. Later in 2009, a well is built in her village so she will not have to walk so far and drink unsafe water. Throughout the story, her sister, Akeer, gets sick and told that the water was contaminated.

She also has a little brother that her mom takes care of at home. Her family home is far from the nearest pond, where she walks twice a day to support her parents and younger sister, Akeer. She and her family live in South Sudan in 2008. Nya is an 11-year-old girl who walks eight hours to fetch water from the pond. He helps others in need of clean water in South Sudan. Years later, he finds his father who tells him that most of his family survived. He lives with a family in Rochester, New York. Seven years later, he arrives in America. On his way, many people die including his uncle and some of his friends. Salva leads one thousand five hundred fellow lost boys to a refugee camp near the Gilo River. Salva also struggles to find food and water to survive along with avoiding rebels, lions and other threats. He has to walk for weeks, hoping that one day he will find his family again.

Salva Dut was separated from his family during a civil war in what is now South Sudan. It is a powerful work of fiction that is based on a true story, chronicling the journeys of two young children who are struggling to survive in war-torn Sudan. Park used this book as a platform to support Dut's organization, Water for South Sudan. It 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. A Long Walk to Water is a short novel written by Linda Sue Park and published in 2010.

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park