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Christian Dittus
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English

NYA'S LONG WALK

Brian Pinkney Linda Sue Park

A Step At a Time

This is a picture book companion to the author's #1 New York Times bestselling middle grade novel A LONG WALK TO WATER, originally published in 2010 and now a modern classic that has sold over a million copies in North America and been translated into 14 languages.

In NYA'S LONG WALK, 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, reducing waterborne illness.
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Published 2019-09-01 by Clarion

Comments

Newbery Medalist Park takes a character from her 2010 novel A LONG WALK TO WATER and tells her story in a new format. . . . With compassion, the creators present younger readers with a portrait of a life in which determination is needed just to get enough clean water to drink, a reality for many villagers in South Sudan. --Publishers Weekly

Chinese (Complex): Chang-Tang Int. Publishing;

A thought-provoking story to inspire empathy and social consciousness. -- School Library Journal