It's a power she and her adoptive mothers have spent her whole life trying to hide. Flowers bloom in her footsteps and leaves turn to face her as though she were the sun.
She breaks it apart and rebuilds it into a wholly original and captivating story where girls finally decide for themselves who lives happily ever after' - Brigid KemmererĮver since she can remember, Briseis has had power over plants. Its historical context and focus on the South Sudan water crisis told through the eyes of two children make A Long Walk to Water the perfect book to buy in bulk for high school classrooms, school districts, and educators.'Kalynn Bayron does more than re-write a fairy-tale.
This book would fit into a multitude of school courses, from English to Science and even Social Studies. A great choice for young adult readers, Linda Sue Park’s book offers a wonderful way to learn about history, world culture, and our environmental impact. Nya makes the trip to carry water to and from a pond two hours away from her home, while Salva must trek day after day through the harsh desert, a homeless orphan of war, encountering evils from armed rebels to crocodiles along his way.ĭespite the generation gap, the two stories become beautifully intertwined by the end of this moving novel.Ī Long Walk to Water class set is a must-read for students and educators alike. Though the children are close in age, their stories are vastly different. Told in a dual narrative, Linda Sue Park’s New York Times best-seller, A Long Walk to Water tells the powerful stories of two eleven-year-olds in Sudan - one, a girl named Nya in the year 2008, and the other, a boy named Salva, in 1985. “One step at a time, one day at a time, just today, just this day to get through.” Lewis George Orwell Mary Pope Osborne LeUyen Pham Dav Pilkey Roger Priddy Rick Riordan J.
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