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A Long Walk to Water is a middle-grade novel that follows two characters. Salva Dut is chased from his village and family in Sudan by militants at the age of 11. He becomes a “lost boy” and completes many dangerous treks to refugee camps before being adopted into an American family. Meanwhile, Nya is an 11-year-old Nuer girl who walks eight hours a day to retrieve life-saving water for her family.

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