Fiction
A Long Walk to WaterPRC
Linda Sue Park
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Year 5 / 6 / 7 / 8
Themes
courage · survival · social-issues · history
Skills
inference · multiple-perspectives · empathy · historical-context
Difficulty
Medium
Pages
128 pages
Description
Two parallel stories in Sudan: an 11-year-old boy fleeing civil war in 1985, and an 11-year-old girl walking hours to get water in 2008. Based on the true story of one of the "Lost Boys".
中文版
两条平行的苏丹故事:一个 11 岁男孩在 1985 年逃避内战,一个 11 岁女孩在 2008 年每天走数小时取水。基于真实的"Lost Boys of Sudan"故事。
Parent's call · SparkRoute editor take
Short (128 pages) but emotionally heavy. Pairs well with Refugee as a two-book unit on displacement.
中文版
页数少(128)但情感重。和 Refugee 组成"流离失所"主题双连。
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