A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

The novel interweaves two stories set in Sudan, told in alternating sections. The first is about Nya, a girl in 2008 who spends her entire day making two long, two-hour round trips to fetch water from a pond for her family. The second is about Salva, a boy in 1985 whose village is attacked during the Second Sudanese Civil War, forcing him to flee and become one of the 'Lost Boys' of Sudan. Salva endures incredible hardships, including loneliness, attacks by armed rebels, and contact with dangerous animals, as he traverses the African continent on foot in search of his family and a safe place. This powerful tale of perseverance and hope is based on the true story of Salva Dut, who later moved to the United States and eventually founded Water for South Sudan, and his story astonishingly intersects with Nya's.

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