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A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story NAACP Image Award Nominee for Youth/Teens (2018) a terrifying story emerges: ofCherished by millions of readers, this #1 New York Times bestselling novel is a powerful tale of perseverance and hope. Newbery Medalist Linda Sue Park interweaves the stories of two Sudanese children who overcome mortal dangers to improve their lives and the lives of others. A Long Walk to Water begins as two stories, told in alternating sections, about two eleven year olds in Sudan, a girl in 2008 and a boy in 1985. The girl, Nya, is fetching water