Have you ever been lost and didn’t see your family, experienced starvation then forced to migrate to another country? All of these things happened to Salva, a young boy from southern Sudan who traveled in search of safety. Salva, the main character in Linda Sue Park’s A Long Walk to Water is able to survive and overcome a variety of challenges through his hard work, relationships, and perseverance. Salva’s hard work saved his life. By working with uncle jewiir building canoes because when they were walking they saw a river and they need to cross the river so Salva helped his uncle to build a canoe and cross the river if Salva didn’t help they might get trapped from the war and it will be too late to escape the war. Another
