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A review by al3xa
A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park
adventurous
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.5
listened to first half on audiobook & read second half! will be teaching this this year as it’s in our curriculum. has many emotional, traumatic, and devastating incidents for the main character (based on a real person) but overall hopeful at the end.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and War
Moderate: Child death, Genocide, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Abandonment, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation