Survival and Determination: Salva's Journey in A Long Walk to Water

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Imagine being at school and hearing loud gunshots. The teacher yells and tells the class to hide in a bush not knowing where their family is or if they had survived the attack. This is what happened to Salva. Salva is a character from Linda Sue Park’s novel, A Long Walk to Water. He is on a difficult journey without his family. He faces many challenges along the way but he has people in his life that make him want to keep pushing through the struggles. The factors that helped Salva survive were his immediate family, Marial, and Uncle. Salva does not know where his family is and that keeps him going because he is determined to find them. Salva was at school when his village was attacked. He had to go hide and run away without any of his family.

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