Books from Miss Benner: Recent Episodes
Allison Benner
In this chapter, Nya is unsure about her family's future well being at their camp. Salva makes it halfway through the Nile.
In this chapter, Nya's sister becomes ill and her family is unsure if they should walk many miles to see a doctor or wait. Salva loses a friend and learns how to make a canoe.
A Long Walk to Water tells the stories of two young people in Sudan. Salva is a young boy who was forced to leave his village by rebel fighters. He is separated from his family and is forced to walk away from his home. Nya is an 11 year old girl who walks miles and miles to obtain water for her family to drink. Though their stories are told years a part, Nya and Salva endure the same trials and challenges.