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Age Range
4 - 8
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
2019-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Clarion Books
Grade Level
Pre-K - 3rd
ISBN
9781328781338
Lexile
AD530L
Themes
resilience

Nya's Long Walk: A Step at a Time

Written by Linda Sue Park and Illustrated by Brian Pinkney
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.

An afterword discusses the process of providing clean water in South Sudan to reduce waterborne illness.

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Age Range
4 - 8
Genre
fiction
Copyright Year
2019-01-01
Page Count
32
Publisher
Clarion Books
Grade Level
Pre-K - 3rd
ISBN
9781328781338
Lexile
AD530L
Themes
resilience
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