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A review by comicsandcoffee
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
4.0
"To young people, I would like to say: Stay calm when things are hard or not going right with you. You will get through it when you persevere instead of quitting. Quitting leads to much less happiness in life than perseverance and hope."
I picked this up because it was on our Caudill Nominee shelf, and because of it's length I figured I could get through it in an hour or so. This is a tough book to read because of the subject matter--the war in Sudan, and the overall lack of access to water in the area. It is based off a true story, which makes this even more remarkable. I appreciate the respect that Linda Sue Park payed to the person this book was based off of. Age wise, this works on a number of levels because although it is difficult to read because of the suffering, it isn't a graphic book.
Classroom teachers may want to use this to spark a community service project, as there is information in the back of the book about Salva's organization. I can see some really great conversations and hopefully actions resulting from the book.
I picked this up because it was on our Caudill Nominee shelf, and because of it's length I figured I could get through it in an hour or so. This is a tough book to read because of the subject matter--the war in Sudan, and the overall lack of access to water in the area. It is based off a true story, which makes this even more remarkable. I appreciate the respect that Linda Sue Park payed to the person this book was based off of. Age wise, this works on a number of levels because although it is difficult to read because of the suffering, it isn't a graphic book.
Classroom teachers may want to use this to spark a community service project, as there is information in the back of the book about Salva's organization. I can see some really great conversations and hopefully actions resulting from the book.