TheNewYorkTimesbestsellerALongWalktoWaterbeginsastwostories,toldinalternatingsections,abouttwoeleven-year-oldsinSudan,agirlin2008andaboyin1985.Thegirl,Nya,isfetchingwaterfromapondthatistwohours’walkfromherhome:shemakestwotripstothepondeveryday.Theboy,Salva,becomesoneofthe“lostboys“ofSudan,refugeeswhocovertheAfricancontinentonfootastheysearchfortheirfamiliesandforasafeplacetostay.Enduringeveryhardshipfromlonelinesstoattackbyarmedrebelstocontactwithkillerlionsandcrocodiles,Salvaisasurvivor,andhisstorygoesontointersectwithNya’sinanastonishingandmovingway.
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