by Linda Sue Park · tapa blanda · ISBN 5600927004133
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«Um Longo Caminho para a Água» is the young adult novel by Linda Sue Park, published by Almedina in paperback (120 pages, in Portuguese).
Based on a true story, the novel alternates two lives in Sudan in different eras: Nya walks eight hours every day in search of water for her family, and Salva, one of the «Lost Boys», flees on foot from the war to find a safe place and his loved ones. Two voices united by water and by hope in extreme circumstances.
The cover shows the full title «Um Longo Caminho para a Água» and the catalogue abbreviates it as «Um Longo Caminho». This edition is from 2010, with translation by Helena Fioral and Isabel Muniz.
Framed in children's and young adult literature, it is suitable for young readers looking for real stories of overcoming and hope.
Linda Sue Park is a Korean-American author who published her first novel, Seesaw Girl, in 1999. She has written six children's novels and five picture books. Park's work achieved prominence when she received the prestigious 2002 Newbery Medal for her novel A Single Shard. She has written the ninth book in The 39 Clues, Storm Warning, published on May 25, 2010.
