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Salva Dut Biography

Salva Dut Biography

Salva Dut at only the age of 11 years old was separated from his friends, village, and family. In 1985 war broke out in Sudan. While Salva was in school one day, the war had finally reached his village. Salva and the boys from his school all fled into the bush to be safe. They were all separated later. Salva was traveling all alone. He was separated from his family, traveling to refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya. The boys that fled to the bush and separated from the town were known as "the lost boys" and Salva was apart of them. They all weren't together though. Salva has experienced life-changing things. He watched his own uncle get shot while traveling to a refugee camp. He swam in a river with crocodiles while people were shooting at him and others to get out of Ethiopia. Salva Dut traveled through Southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya before he was shipped to Rochester, New York in the United States when he was 19 years old. Salva went back to Southern Sudan when he heard his father was in the hospital, Salva wanted to see him before he died. His father told him that his two sisters, mom, and one brother out of three were still alive. Salva couldn't go back to see his family yet though, there was still war in Sudan. Salva went back to Rochester, he wanted to help people in Sudan. When the war died down, he talked to hundreds of people in churches, civic organizations, and schools in Rochester to help Southern Sudan. Today, Salva has organized the Water For South Sudan Organization, bringing water to people throughout Southern Sudan.  

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Salva Dut

A Long Walk to Water Review

A Long Walk to Water Review 

A Long Walk to Water written by Linda Sue Park was a great book. I'd give it 5 out of 5 stars. The author did a great job combining the two stories, she went back and forth from Nya's story to Salva's story. She gave great detail about Sudan throughout the story, too. She also gave readers a good image of what it was like to be in Sudan during the genocide. Linda Sue Park added great word choice, nice sentence fluency, and even suspense too. You'll never know what could happen next. My over all review is that the author did an amazing job and the book was incredible. I recomend you read it, I hope you enjoy it as much as I did! 

Quotatious Quotes

Quotatious Quotes

"One step at a time...one day at a time. Just today, just this one day to get through..." -Salva | Chapter 13 | Page 82

"More clothes? Salva shook his head. How can I possibly wear any more clothes?" - Salva | Chapter 15 | Page 92

"Everyone cheered at the sight of water. They all laughed at the sight of the two workers who had been operating the drill. They were all drenched, their clothes completely soaked through." - Nya | Chapter 14 | Page 83

"Nya thought it was funny: you had to have water to find water." - Nya | Chapter 13 | Page 76

"Everything about him was paying attention to the teacher- everything except his eyes and his mind." - Salva | Chapter 1| Page 1