![]() ![]() A boy is shot and another is killed by a crocodile after refugees are forced in the water by soldiers - 1,000 refugees die that day. Another man is hit in the head with the butt of a gun. ![]() His friend's eaten by a lion, he sees people who have died from dehydration in the desert, and he watches his uncle get shot to death. Walking from his village to a refugee camp, he suffers greatly from thirst and hunger. Protagonist Salva, who's 11 when his story begins in 1995, knows that sometimes boys are forced to fight. There are bombings, burnings, and people with guns and machetes. ![]() Parents need to know A Long Walk to Water by Newbery Medal-winning author Linda Sue Park ( A Single Shard) blends fact and fiction to tell a story of the civil war in Sudan (1983–2005), in which more than 20,000 so-called Lost Boys became displaced and/or orphaned. Salva has a happy memory of drinking Coca-Cola with his family. ![]()
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