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Clarion Books, 2019-03-09

Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

Linda Sue Park, Author

Brian Pinkney, Illustrator

Hardcover

9781328781338

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In this picture book companion to the bestseller A Long Walk to Water, a young South Sudanese girl goes on a journey that requires determination, persistence, and compassion.
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A young girl’s journey becomes a powerful lesson in perseverance and compassion. As she faces unexpected challenges, readers witness the strength found in taking one step at a time. This story gently illuminates the resilience of the human spirit and the bonds that unite us.

Keywords and Themes: Action & Adventure • Africa • Compassion • Courage • Daily Activities • Determination • Empathy • Family • Girls & Women • Growth • Health & Daily Living • Historical • Juvenile Fiction • Military & Wars • Orphans & Foster Homes • Perseverance • Places • Resilience • Responsibility • Self-Discovery • Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Social Themes • Survival Stories

Readability • 2.9

Age Range • 4-7

Pages • 32

Subjects • Sisters • Perseverance (Ethics) • Water • Sick • Picture books • Determination (Personality trait) • Determination (Personality trait) in children • JUVENILE FICTION / Girls & Women • South Sudan • JUVENILE FICTION / Social Issues / Self-Estee • JUVENILE FICTION / People & Places / Africa • JUVENILE FICTION / Health & Daily Living / Da

Categories • Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Africa • Juvenile Fiction | Historical | Military & Wars • Juvenile Fiction | Family | Orphans & Foster Homes • Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure | Survival Stories • Juvenile Fiction | Places | Africa • Juvenile Fiction | Girls & Women • Juvenile Fiction | Social Themes | Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance • Juvenile Fiction | Health & Daily Living | Daily Activities

In this picture book companion to the beloved bestseller A Long Walk to Water, a young South Sudanese girl goes on a journey that requires determination, persistence, and compassion.

Young Nya takes little sister Akeer along on the two-hour walk to fetch water for the family. But Akeer becomes too ill to walk, and Nya faces the impossible: her sister and the full water vessel together are too heavy to carry.

As she struggles, she discovers that if she manages to take one step, then another, she can reach home and Mama's care.

Bold, impressionistic paintings by Caldecott and Coretta Scott King Honor winner Brian Pinkney evoke the dry, barren landscape and the tenderness between the two sisters.

An afterword discusses the process of providing clean water in South Sudan to reduce waterborne illness.

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