A Long Walk to Water
by Linda Sue Park

A Long Walk to Water: Genre 1 key example

Genre
Explanation and Analysis:

A Long Walk to Water is a work of narrative fiction modeled partly off personal experience. Like many works that feature multiple main characters, the novel alternates between Nya and Salva’s perspectives within its chapters. The separate plot strands share Nya and Salva's journeys as they walk miles each day for water or navigate a war-torn country.