Summary (from Goodreads):
A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about a girl in Sudan in 2008 and a boy in Sudan in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water from a pond that is two hours’ walk from her home: she makes two trips to the pond every day. The boy, Salva, becomes one of the "lost 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 to attack by armed rebels to contact with killer lions and crocodiles, Salva is a survivor, and his story goes on to intersect with Nya’s in an astonishing and moving way.
My Review:
This book was one of the most moving and impressive pieces I've read in a long time. The intersecting stories was a unique way of telling both Nya's and Salva's tales, and both are compelling in their own rights. The hardships both go through are heartbreaking, but the strength and resilience both children show is truly inspiring.
Read: March 2022
