This book is set during the war (c. early 2000s) between Northern and Southern Sudan. It is really bringing out emotions in me... It was actually in the children's section of the library, but I don't think this book is for children at all. The name of it is 'A Long Walk to Water'. I found it while looking up 'A Long Walk to Freedom'. So much has happened to Salva (the main character) in the book. First, he lost his family to the war. From there on, he lost his friend to a lion. Then a group of thieves killed his uncle. I want to cry. Books about Africa are so much to take in because it's a way if life that I'm not necessarily used to. Some of the words that I read are like a sharp piercing to the heart. This book is ~100 pages but it's moving me in so many ways. I'm having physical reactions to Salva's pains. Such a great book that's changing me.
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