Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

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.

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.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 09/03/2019
ISBN: 9781328781338
Pages: 32
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.80h x 11.10w x 0.40d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/03/2019
Kirkus Reviews 07/15/2019
Booklist 07/01/2019 pg. 75
School Library Journal 09/01/2019 pg. 102
Horn Book Magazine 09/01/2019 pg. 67
Hornbook Guide to Children 07/01/2019 - Superior,Well Above Average

Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 505156 / Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time
Reading Level: 2.9 / Interest Level: Lower Grade / Point Value: 0.5