A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, UQP, ISBN 9780702238703
REVIEWED BY MAX, 11, VIC
Max reviewed his own copy of this title.
A Long Walk to Water is an emotional novel written by Linda Sue Park and is inspired and based on the life of Salva Dut. It captures Salva’s journey and a girl called Nya. Salva escaped from his war-torn village in 1985, forced to walk 1000km across Africa to survive. Nya’s family is desperate for water, so is everyone else, Nya must walk 8 hours to collect muddy, dirty water for her family, but dirty water can cause illnesses they do not even know.
I absolutely love this book, it captures the poverty and war that they live in, it also reflects our own hearts, the battles we fight inside. The book shows us that hope, hard work and perseverance will be a beacon to everyone. I definitely love the part where Salva’s uncle tells him to take the journey
One step at a time
to turn a huge task into small manageable chunks.
When I first read this book, it reminded me of the time I was hiking a very long way and seeing how Salva and Nya continued to persevere and walk, it gave me a sort of new strength and a push to keep on going through all the hard times in life. If you are adventurous, going through challenging times, love history, on the brink of giving up on something or want to make a difference to the world, this book is for you.
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