“I was dealing with two very wide time spans. “I was interested in telling the story it’s actually quite a difficult story,” says Park, 50, the daughter of Korean immigrants. The finely woven novel is a fictionalized account based on the life of Salva Dut-who lives in Rochester, New York, not far from Park. As the Second Sudanese Civil War erupts in the mid-1980s, Salva is forced to run as bombs hit his village. The latest work by the Newbery Award-winning author, A Long Walk to Water, is a good example, telling a vividly authentic tale of hardship, hope and survival in war-ravaged Sudan from the parallel points of views of children from two different generations who share similar challenges.Ī Long Walk to Water alternates the story of 11-year-old Nya, growing up in Sudan circa 2008, with the story of Salva, also 11, who hails from a prominent, upper-class Sudanese family. “I just have a lot of confidence in young readers being able to handle things that maybe some adults don’t think they can handle,” says Park. Today’s teens might be interested in sex, drugs and vampires, but Linda Sue Park is willing to give that fickle audience a bit more credit.
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