Salva from the book a long walk to water

This book is based on the true life experiences of salva dut who was born in sudan and now lives in rochester, new york. Newbery medalist linda sue park discusses the true story behind her new book, a long walk to water, a compelling novel that traces the. This inspired salva to help his father and his country by bringing clean water to those in need. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. As a side note, it seemed to me that the author italicized parts of the text throughout the book to indicate salvas voice and inner thoughts. A long walk to water summary and study guide supersummary. Schools can win a visit from salva through the wfss iron giraffe challenge. A long walk to water by linda sue park is based on the true story of salva dut, one of the lost. Park used this book as a platform to support duts program, water for. This is a book for the reader who wants to look behind the headlines. A long walk to water by linda sue park is a creative nonfiction story about the life of one of the lost boys from south sudan during the second sudanese civil war. What makes this book even more special is that one of the stories that of main character salva dut is. Salva s story is told in the new york times bestseller a long walk to water, by linda sue park.

Her responsibility is to walk to the pond twice a day every day to fetch water for her family. A long walk to water timeline by moriah logan infographic. In a long walk to water, what is salvas role to the. The novel a long walk to water, by linda sue park, is written from two different perspectives. In a long walk to water, linda sue park weaves together two different characters stories. For example, with a long walk to water, im sure some people will see that as a socially relevant book, but for me that was definitely a book about salva. At the age of eleven, hes forced to flee his village to avoid the ongoing civil war in his country. A young girl, nya spends much of her waking life walking to and from a large pond, miles away from her familys village. Salva dut is based on a real person, and one of the two main characters in a long walk to water. A war starts to happen and salva has to go to ethipoia on foot 1985 b. Salva shouldered his way through the crowd until he was standing in front of the list. A long walk to water is a creative nonfiction story about the life of one of the lost boys from south sudan during the second sudanese civil war.

Im going to do a summer book group for just three months. The story is told from two perspectives, a girl named nya and a boy named salva. Both salvas and nyas stories are told with brutal, simple honesty, and they. A long walk to water study guide contains a biography of linda sue park, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.

As each boy reached the age of about ten years, he was sent off to school. Through alternating chapters, the reader learns the individual stories of salva, a young boy, and nya. The primary character, salva dut, relates his life from a preteenager wandering with groups of other war victims from refugee camp to refugee camp, and then to his new home with his new family in. A long walk to water teaches about water conditions in south sudan, africa. Nya reaches the water and takes a long walk back to home 2008. He raised his head slowly and began reading through the names. A long walk to water is a short novel written by linda sue park and published in 2010. Intertwined with salva s story is that of 11yearold nya, from a rival tribe in southern sudan. While salva is at school, rebels come into the village and shoot at the school. Salvas story is told in the new york times bestseller a long walk to water, by linda sue park.

Nya is the other main character in a long walk to water, also based on a real person. This long walk will take readers into a troubled country, but a country still filled with hope due to people like salva. Newbery medalist linda sue park discusses the true story behind her new book, a long walk to water, a compelling novel that traces the stories of two young people over a generation in sudan. In the novel a long walk to water, salva plays a significant role to the reader in several different contexts. It includes the true story of salva dut whose story is based in 1985. A long walk to water by linda sue park central rappahannock.