4.19 AVERAGE

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

This was an interesting and sad story with a happy ending to it. It is good to think about other countries and what some of its people have gone through. This story was eye opening and a better understanding of some of the events that have gone on in the Sudan in the past.
emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
inspiring tense
adventurous challenging emotional hopeful lighthearted sad medium-paced

4.5 The events depicted in this book are unimaginable to me. When I want water, I go to a tap and turn it on. I take showers that are too long, in heated water. My water is clear. For the people in South Sudan, and many people in Arica in general, getting water for just one day is an arduous, all-day process, to be repeated every day. Add on war, an exodus to a new country…wow. I’m proud of Salva.

A Long Walk to Water is the true story of a Dinka boy, Salva, living in South Sudan during the Second Sudanese Civil War and a Nuer girl, Nya, living there a generation later. It is targeted for young readers, so the writing is nothing special, but the story is amazing. It is important that we read stories like this to understand the real hardships that people are facing throughout the world. As someone who has the means to be selective about the quality of the water I drink and the foods I eat, it is easy to take those things for granted. A Long Walk to Water is a good reminder of how much we should appreciate those things and how we should do what we can to help those who are struggling to survive in parts of the world plagued by draughts, wars, disease, and poverty.

I once walked a long walk to water.
emotional informative relaxing sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
emotional informative fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: No