A Long Walk to Water

Linda Sue Park

Gale, a Cengage Company, Jan 22, 2020 - Juvenile Fiction - 221 pages

"The New York Times bestseller A LONG WALK TO WATER begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven-year-olds in Sudan: a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, fetches water from a pond that is tow hours' walk from her home. She makes two trips to the pond every day. the boy, Salva, becomes one of the "last boys" of Sudan, refugees who cover the African continent on foot as they search for their families and for a safe place to stay. enduring every hardship from loneliness and attack by armed rebels, to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor. His story intersects with Nya's in an astonishing and moving way."--Back cover

About the author

Linda Sue Park was born in Urbana, Illinois on March 25, 1960. She received a B.A. in English from Stanford University. After graduating, she worked as a public-relations writer for a major oil company for two years. She obtained advanced degrees in literature from Trinity College, Dublin in Ireland and from the University of London. Before becoming a full-time author, she held numerous jobs including working for an advertising agency, teaching English as a second language to college students, and working as a food journalist. Her first book, Seesaw Girl, was published in 1999. Her other books include The Kite Fighters, Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems), and A Single Shard, which won the 2002 Newbery Medal. She also wrote Storm Warning, which is the ninth book in the 39 Clues series. Her title A Long Walk to Water made the New York Times bestseller list.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Long Walk to Water
• Author: Linda Sue Park
• Edition: large print
• Publisher: Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020
• ISBN: 1432875922, 9781432875923
• Length: 221 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / Action & Adventure / Survival Stories; Juvenile Fiction / Family / Orphans & Foster Homes; Juvenile Fiction / Historical / Africa; Juvenile Fiction / Historical / Military & Wars; Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / Africa