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Reading Standard 1:
Your citations are all almost perfect! Great introductions. There are a few punctuation marks out of place or missing.
Reading Standard 2: GREAT attempts at analysis. I can see how you are trying to connect to the real world. Keep it up.

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These similarities and differences are important to the story, as they can help the reader understand the characters a little bit more. For example, since Nya and Salva have a lot of similarities, the reader can relate them better to the story. People can see how two different people, in two different time zones, can relate, and have similarities  to one another. You can also compare these similarities and differences in the real world, not just the book.  For example, Salva has to walk in the hot desert or a long time, and he uses perseverance to get through it. Nya has to walk 8 hours every day to get water, and her motivation is her family. You can use this in the real world because you can always get through something with just a little bit of perseverance, you don't have to complain, because it could always be worse.  That's how it connects to the world and to each other

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Nya and Salva also have some differences. For starters, Salva doesn't have to walk 8 hours every day to get water for his family, unlike Nya. Salva is from a good family with money, and they have nice food and water, so they don't have to walk just to get water. With Nya, however, she is from a family that moves often, and doesn't have a lot of money. She needs to walk, since there is no water near her, especially clean water, she has to walk 8 hours to a pond for her family. Also, Salva gets to go to school, unlike Nya, as she needs to go get water and stay at home with her mother and siblings. Since she is a girl, she has to stay at the house, and take care of them. Salva, however gets to go to school, which he is thankful for, and is able to learn stuff. Those are just some differences between Nya and Salva.

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Nya and Salva are both hard working. It states in the book, " Before Salva had started going to school, he had helped look after the entire herd, and his younger brother as well" (Parks 3). It also states in the book, " The doughnut went on her head first, followed by the heavy container of water, which she would hold in place with one hand. With the water balanced on her head, and her foot sore from the thorn, Nya knew that going home would take longer than coming had" (Parks 14-15).
They are also both tired on their journeys. I believe this because it states in the book, " Each minute of walking in that arid heat felt like an hour. Every breath Salva took seemed to drain strength rather than restore it." (Parks 22). Salva was very tired, and so was Nya. I can infer this as it states in the back of the book," She walks 8 hours every day" (Parks back of book), You most likely think she is very tired.

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"With the water balanced on her head, and her foot sore from the thorn, Nya knew that going home would take longer than coming had. But she might reach home by noon, if all went well" (Parks 14-15

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Nya is emotionally strong as it states, "Nya pushed at the skin around the thorn. Then she picked up another thorn and used it to prod at the first one. She presses her lips together against the pain" (Parks 8).

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Nya is passionate. The author decided to put this writing in the book. "There was only heat, the sun already baking the air, even though it was before noon. It would take her half the morning if she didn't stop on the way" (Parks 1).

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"Nya goes to the pond to fetch water for her family. She walks eight hours every day" (Parks back book).

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He is impatient. This is true as it states in the book,"Finally they couldn't wait a second longer. There was only enough for each boy to have a few bites, but, oh, how delicious those bites were!"
(Parks 4).

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I say this because it states in the book, "Nobody. Nothing. They had left him. He was alone" (Parks 13).

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The author chose this detail to show how skillful Salva is. "Salva and the other boys made cows out of clay. Other times they would practice with their bows and arrows" (Parks 3.

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It states in the book, "Eleven years old on his last birthday, Salva was a good student. He already knew the lesson" (Parks, 2).

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The book states, "Where are we going? Where is my family? When will I see them again?" (Parks 12).