Long Walk to Water

First Blog by Mrs. Leporiere's Class:

One Book, One School.

There’s only one book the whole school is reading, and that’s Long Walk To Water, New York Times Bestseller, created by Linda Sue Park.


The book centers around Nuer Tribe, Nya, who brings her family water from a pond every single day and Dinka Tribe, Salva Dut, who must survive a war. between the government and the rebels. Both live in South Sudan, a country with limited sources of food and water, and both stories are true.

Linda Sue Park was a nine-year-old girl, who had published a haiku in a 1969 Trailblazer magazine. Ever since then, she had created many other books such as her first published/written book: Seesaw Girl, A Single Shard, which was awarded a 2002 Newbery Medal, When My Name Was Keoko and more books. She has now made another book called Fatal Throne, which I suggest if you like to read Historical, medieval times.

Overall, Long Walk To Walk, A Single Shard and more are fascinating books that’ll keep you in it all the way until the end.

A Second Blog by Marcellus and Nick on A Long Walk to Water:

A long walk to water is a book that the whole school is reading. It is about how Southern Sudan was changed. It’s a two-part story in the same place but in a different time. The characters that is later in time is named Nya and the one that is earlier name is Salva. Salva is dealing with war in his part of the story. Nya’s problem is they can’t find enough clean water.

Her village does not have good health including her younger sister. Salva lost his family after a tragic event and it is to dangerous to go back. As the war rages on the rebellions are the ones fighting the government for freedom of Sudan. Salva had to travel with people that he barely knew. Back at home with Nya her father was talking to some suspicious men. Salva was still running from war for a long time.

Read the book to find out what happens to Salva and Nya and check out photos from the Leading Edge Academy family event below:

Hearing from the about the important work of Operation iDream at our One Book, One School family night @NCS_LE.

Thank you, Mr. Sikapizye, @LindaSuePark, and Salva Dut for persisting to help those in need worldwide. pic.twitter.com/8Sof5Wrd2Y

— Karisa Bibayoff (@LEroomI3) September 28, 2018

Thank you @NCS_LE families for coming out to support our One Book and Museum event. You are such a terrific group! pic.twitter.com/2GLnPEX0yu

— Karisa Bibayoff (@LEroomI3) September 28, 2018