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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, War
Moderate: Child death
Minor: Blood
Loved loved loved this one. Harrowing and eye-opening, a story everyone should read.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
hopeful
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I listened to the audiobook version. I enjoyed the story and the peek into life in South Sudan.
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
fast-paced
A quick, easy read. This YA novel follows two Sudanese tweens at different time periods: the mid '80s and early 2000s. It documents the toll civil war has taken on the country, as well the hardships surrounding something we take for granted every day: accessing water.
Salva is a young boy attending school in the mid-80s, when war comes suddenly to his village. Torn apart from his family, he spends many years in refugee camps, struggling for basic necessities like food and water.
Years later, Nya must make a long, arduous walk to a pond twice a day to get water for her family. In the dry season, they must relocate altogether. Her sister becomes ill from drinking unclean water and she is unable to attend school because her job as water gatherer is too important.
Their stories come together eventually in a moving way. My daughters had to read this book last summer for school and then later participated in a fundraiser/walk-a-thon for Water for Sudan, a charity that builds wells in remote Sudanese villages. Their middle school successfully raised enough money to build a well. I'm glad to have finally picked this up off the shelf to give it a read and grateful that this was chosen as a "One Book/One School" project for my daughters.
Salva is a young boy attending school in the mid-80s, when war comes suddenly to his village. Torn apart from his family, he spends many years in refugee camps, struggling for basic necessities like food and water.
Years later, Nya must make a long, arduous walk to a pond twice a day to get water for her family. In the dry season, they must relocate altogether. Her sister becomes ill from drinking unclean water and she is unable to attend school because her job as water gatherer is too important.
Their stories come together eventually in a moving way. My daughters had to read this book last summer for school and then later participated in a fundraiser/walk-a-thon for Water for Sudan, a charity that builds wells in remote Sudanese villages. Their middle school successfully raised enough money to build a well. I'm glad to have finally picked this up off the shelf to give it a read and grateful that this was chosen as a "One Book/One School" project for my daughters.
adventurous
hopeful
informative
inspiring
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No