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I connect to some parts of the story to my personal life. For example my family in Philippines has a well as their source of water just like the one Salva built for Nya near the end of the book.

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I can't really connect to Salva that much because he had a tough life but i can connect in the way none of my family lives in cali other than my parents and brother and my aunt and uncle.

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This story applies to real life because a lot of people live there lives without clean or fresh water or get seperated from there familes because of war. Not everyone has there familes and clean water so be grateful for what you have because a lot of people wished they had your life.

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I can connect with Salva because a lot of my family is in China. My uncle, aunt, and cousin all live in China. I miss them a lot and would like to see them again soon.

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A Long Walk to Water applies to real life because many people just like Salva went through all these hardships. It also applies to real life since there are also many orphans in the the world that need a new home. Lastly, it applies to real life because thousands of people loose loved ones due to war. It truly is a tragic ordeal.

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i connected to salvas worry because i have a big imagination witch i love but i get scared of more things happening because i can think up so many bad things that could happen.

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I can connect because when I was young I lost my uncle and it was really hard for me and my family.

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This applications to real life because people back then had to go through this, they had no clean water or if they did they probably had to walk miles for it.

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Something I am still thinking about is how much work it probably took to get some water. Also I still think about how hard it must have been since his uncle passed away.

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i can connect to salva because i have been a leader of a lot of people but not as many as he has.

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Something that stuck with me was that they had to travel a long way just to get a sip of water.

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i can connect with salva when he lost his friend because my friend had move away.

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The first several weeks of Salva's new life were so bewildering that he was grateful for his studies.

I can connect with Salva and his experience in America. Though me moving house may not have been as drastic as moving halfway across the world, I still had to orient myself with my new surroundings, and the new people that I would go to school with, play with, and interact with. It took time, but in the end I was able to get through it, just like Salva.

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I can connect to salva when he says That it was very hard to walk across the river with the currents working against him. Ive seen this experience multiple times when I went on a float ride. My mom fell into the river and she couldn't move her body back to the boat because the currents were so strong. She made it back thankfully.

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I connect to this story because when my dad has to go on a business trip i really miss him.

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something I am #Stillthinkingabout
Is how salva and all lot of other boys were forced into the water to walk across it. And, some were killed for absolutely no reason just because they wanted to. Im just thinking the currents must have took a lot of strength to walk across.

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This applications to real life because some people have go thought with the war and it not safe for children some kids lose there parents in the war.

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I can connect to Slava because I have family that live far away and we only see them a couple times a year and I really miss them. The only way we see eachother is through facetime.

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I am connected to Salva friends gone since My dad's best friends moved out of the state like Oregon, Idaho, and Colorado, except one of his friends that live near Sacramento which is also one of my best friends.

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A Long Walk to Water
by Linda Sue Park
(Based on a true story)

Being based off of a real story, this book depicts probably hundreds of millions of peoples' lives around the world. Countless lives have to struggle everyday with the consequences of war and lack of water, just like Salva and Nya, but they push through, and still get over even the craziest, most unfortunate circumstances.

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Something i'm connected to is I hope that my dad comes home every day from the police safe and unharmed just like Salva"s parents.

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i know how hard it is to lose your family it is very hard and sad.

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I'm connected to this because whenever one of parents get mad they just threaten to leave all of us and start a new life.

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since this story is based on true events a lot of people can relate to things like not having clean water or being separated from their families. this can also relate to real life because people work hard for things they need and want.

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What has truck with me is when they went to a tough journey To get just a bit of water and that is really awesome for a few kids.

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This has applications to real life because, at the time boys, girls, and adults were all going through this when they had a war in sudan. Everyone didn't have a place to go. Like salva, they all just hope to survive another day.

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An application to real life is that war kills many innocent people.

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I can connect to how Salva misses his family because my Aunt lives in Oregon and I only went to Oregon once so when she sees us it is here and we don't get to see her that much.

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This story has a lot of Applications to real life coz in the book those stories happen in real life.

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#whatStuckWithMe
Something that stuck with me is Salva´s perseverance to find his family and to keep going.

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#ConnectedTo
I can connect to this story because Salva was very worried about his family, and missed them a lot. I can relate because I miss my grandpa a lot, he passed a year ago. Also, when my parents go on trips, I miss them because I don't get to see them.

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This story is applications to real life by the war between south and north Sudan, and people fleeing to other countries to reach safety in refugee camps

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I #conncectedto this story because sometime I have family everywhere that I don't get to see a lot in las vegas i haven't seen my other grandma in years.just the way slava havent seen his parents and family in forever.

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I am #ConnectedTo because sometimes my parents go on trips without us and I have to go to my friends house and have a sleepover there, so I am with another family while my parents are somewhere else. Salva was with another family while their parents were somewhere else.

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one thing did stuck to me is when Salva's uncle die and Salva was determined to keep on going.

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This story has a lot of Applications to real life because this story is a true story. A Lot of people in Sudan during the war had died and had to live in these camps for a long time until the war was over. Also like Nya a lot of people still don't have access to clean water so they have to walk miles and miles just to get water to survive.

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This is connected to real life because of when there are people that don't have anything but themselves with nothing. And, how there are kids who don't have an education to learn new things.

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#ApplicationsToRealLife
This applies to life because there are so many kids who have been through the same thing.

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This is like real life because people did struggle through this. They had no clean water and they had to leave there homes to get away from the war, another thing that is true is how there are the Lost Boys.

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I can connect to this story by how Salva misses his family a lot and when my parents are away or any of my siblings leave I really miss them.

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This is similar to what happens in real life because there really are people who have to leave their home to be safe from war. There are also people who do not have clean water and have to walk long distance for it.

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I kind of #ConnectedTo the Salva being a leader of all of those boys because usually whenever we are in groups to work together, I take charge of the group. I am a leader, like Salva.

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some things to real life is how kids do not have clean water to drink and how war will affect the country.

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i connect to Salva when he misses his family because my dad is barely home he always working when he gets home he only says hi and grabs something or leave something then leaves again to go do work. before we all lived together we would hardly see him he drops me off at school but still.

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This #ApplicationsToRealLife because we are lucky to have water, just like New York, however, Sudan does not have access to clean water.

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Salva told himself this every day. He told the boys in the group, too. And one day at a time, the group made its way to Kenya. More than twelve hundred boys arrived safely. It took them a year and a half.

Something that really stuck to me is how much perseverance the Lost Kids, and pretty much anyone with the lack of resources like clean water, show. Life is really tough living in circumstances like them, and how they are able to push through it is truly inspiring.

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#ApplicationsToRealLife
A lot of people lost there families do to the war. Most of the boys ended up in a new family, in America. Many of them did not have clean water, and limits on how much water they had.

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This book/story has #applicationstoreallife because thi story can be true in many ways like people go through what the story is about. Like people who lost their familys, Wars, Getting water...

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Something I am still thinking about is how did no one hear Salva's friend Marial scream when she got attack by the lion at night

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something I am still thinking about is how salva went through all of this and made it out ok.

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#ConnectedTo
I connected to salva missing his family because when my dad deploys in the army I miss him so much.

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Something that I am #StillThinkingAbout is how Slava went back to her home to help people get water.

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I am still thinking about how he went through so much but was still able to accomplish these things.

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Something that I'm still thinking about is when Salva reunited with his Dad and that was a good ending for him since his Dad was alive.

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Something I'm still thinking about is if there will ever be a time where kids and people don't have to travel miles to get water.

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I connected to this because my Dad had to go somewhere for work (I think Texas) and I missed him just like how Salva missed his parents.

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this applies to real life in the way that a lot of people have gone through similar things in life.

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I am still thing about how come there where attack by lions and other people.

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One thing that stuck to me is that he helped people who ares struggling through what he had to and that he would help the Dinka even though they did not like each other.

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This story has many #ApplicationsToRealLife because the story is mostly true. A lot of people have lost their families because of the wars, and they have ended up here in America. There are also a lot of people without clean water.

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One thing that I Am still thinking is that so many people don't have clean and they have to walk to get it and we get our water with a single tap and try to help these people.

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# StillThinkingAbout
There are so many things to think about after reading this book, but one thing I am still thinking about is, what if he didn't listen to his uncle and gave the other men water. Would he still be alive?

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The one thing that is stuck to me is how his uncle encouraged him to keep going till he got to the refugee camp and how Salva did the same thing with the other boys that were following him

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One thing I am still thinking about is how much work energy, and all of the walking it takes just to get about 1 gallon of water and how it only takes us a couple steps for us to get 1 gallon or a cup. It makes me realize that we should be thankful for what we have.

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This applies to real life because there are lots of people that lost there family due to war which still happens today.

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One thing im #stillthinkingabout is when slava and all of them los everyone and how it must benn being kinda alone ecpecially after uncle passed and the struggles

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one thing that stuck with me was when salva was older he went back to help people going through what he already had.

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Something that #WhatStuckWithMe is that Salva went back to her home and brang water for everyone when he lived in New York

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Something that has stuck with me is That kids all over have to travel miles just to get water.

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One thing that I am #StillThinkingAbout is that so many people don't have clean water. We are very lucky to have access to water at almost all times, and we should try to help the people who don't have water.

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I am still thinking about why Uncle Jewiir was killed because I think it was a huge loss for Salva.

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something that stuck with me was how Salva wanted to help every one  no matter if they were Dinka or not.

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the thing that stuck with me is how salva has to live on the run, away from his home. and no family.

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One thing that I am still thinking about is how he was away from his family and his friend and uncle died. I feel so bad for him he has Lost so many people. At least he found his family at the end.

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i'm still thinking for a child to be walking in the desert missing his family it sad. i'm also thing how upset salva was when his uncle die.

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the thing that stuck with me is that when salva grew older, he went back home and started to help fix some of the problems.

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One #whatstuckwithme is when Slava lead a whole group of people / boys far Miles taking half or a even a year.

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There was little weight, going. There was only heat, the sun already baking the air, even though it was long before noon. It would take her half the morning if she didn't stop on the way.

I am still thinking about the water shortages in so many places around the world. Reading this book gave me a glance of life without clean water, and it sure is tough. A huge percentage of the world's population has to struggle with these circumstances on a day to day basis, and it really shows how strong they are inside.

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Something that stuck with me is That Salva was given a chance to have a Altered life that is very different then what he is used to. But it is a better life then the one he was used to. That l'm sure he never knew he could have.

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What stuck with me was the time Salva was in a middle of a war at his school and tried to avoid it. And, that there were people running from all directions scared and afraid.

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#Stillthinkingabout
I still think about how salva had to walk so long in the dry heat of the desert.

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One thing that stuck with me is that the hardship and the tragedies that Salva had to face and just feeling so sorry for him. Another thing that stuck with me is that how Slava stepped up during the though time through the journey and just kept pushing to try to survive and get to a better place in life and for his family and all that they did for them.

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I am still thinking about salva facing a lot of difficulties and how much he misses his family.

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The thing that is stuck with me is how hard working Nya is to be getting water by walking to the pond which is inspirational since it shows people to be hard working.

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The thing that stuck with me after reading ALWTW is, you have to persevere even through tough times. Salva thought about his family a lot and he missed them, but he knew he would have to listen to his father and go back to New York.

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#WhatStuckWithMe was that Salva got a good life in America, and then came back to Sudan to help people have more clean water. He made a lot of wells for a lot of different villages, including Nya's village.

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The thing that stuck with me is that When Salva grew up he came back to Africa to help people like Nya by building a school and creating a good water source for Nya and the people with her.

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The thing that stuck with me is the fact that Salva saw a problem (there was not enough clean water) and he began to fix it.

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I am still thinking about how Salva had to walk a long distance in the dry heat of the desert

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I am still thinking about how long he was away from his family and how upsetting that was. I am also still thinking about how much he went through such as the desert and thinking his whole family was dead.

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Something that stuck with me is that Salva led a whole group of boys & young men thousands of miles, taking over a year.

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The thing that stuck with me is Salva not seeing his family for years. He walked and stayed strong for years without his family wondering will I ever see my family ever again.

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I'm still thinking about how far Salva had to walk with the lost boys just to go live somewhere else and then get kicked out again.

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The thing that has stuck with me the most is when Salva finally got to go with his new family. This made me realize what he had to go through and how lucky I am to have a family because no everyone does.

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The fact that Salva stayed strong through all that happened to him will make me feel stronger whenever I am feeling lost, upset, or even sad. Salva´s grit will stick with me for a long time.

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Something that stuck with me is how Salva came back to Sudan and starting finding water in places like Nya's village, and how he doesn't care if there Dinka or Nuer he still wants to find water for them.

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The thing that is stuck with me is how Salva was so strong and so valiant that he was to be able to bear all that pain whether it was physical or emotional.

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Something that will stick with me from this book is how far Salva walked with the lost boys