https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv First, write your first name, last initial, and your core class periods. Posts without this information will be deleated. Post questions about your groups book here. Then respond to someone else's question. en-us 2017-10-30 22:30:35 UTC 2025-12-22 12:45:29 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/201958286 Why did Salva run away from his home when the rebels started to fight?]]> 2017-10-30 22:56:04 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/201958286 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/201959024 Does Salva come from a rich family or a poor family? How do you know?]]> 2017-10-30 23:01:48 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/201959024 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/201997553 Does Salva or Nya have any siblings? If so, are they younger or older than them?]]> 2017-10-31 03:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/201997553 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/201999458 How are Nya and Salva's stories related?]]> 2017-10-31 03:25:01 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/201999458 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/202343153 What are some differences between Nya's and Salva's stories?

]]> 2017-10-31 22:50:23 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/202343153 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/202578623 What do Salva and Nya have in common about their hardships?]]> 2017-11-01 16:04:20 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/202578623 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/202589246 2017-11-01 16:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/202589246 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/202701815 Why did Salva not turn to his home when they had to evacuate?d]]> 2017-11-01 20:09:54 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/202701815 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/202701989 Why do you think Salva's village left him at the barn?]]> 2017-11-01 20:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/202701989 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/203004996 Near the beginning of the book Salva was traveling by himself and his uncle stumbles upon him. This was clearly not an accident by the  author, so what do you think the uncle represented in the book?

]]> 2017-11-02 16:41:01 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/203004996 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/203009320 Do you think that salva always wondering if he will find his family may lead to him finding them in a mediforical Sence?]]> 2017-11-02 16:48:48 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/203009320 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/203010527 In the beginning of the book, Salva must run away from the only home he's ever known, and hide from the war. He doesn't want to leave his family, but when he sees guns and people running, he heads into the bush. What do you think was going on in Salva's head when he thought he was never going to see his family again]]> 2017-11-02 16:51:15 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/203010527 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/203011774 Bad things keep happening to Salva. The fighting starts, his tribe leaves him, the old lady leaves him, and then something terrible happens to Marial. What do you think the author is trying to tell us?]]> 2017-11-02 16:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/203011774 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/203013135 When Salva spends some time with the old lady he met with, she supplies him with food and water for the time being. She later leaves him, refusing to let him join her for fear of being captured, leaving him to fend for himself. What do you think this symbolizes in the book?]]> 2017-11-02 16:56:03 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/203013135 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/203014026 Why do bad things happen to good people, for example, Salva?

]]> 2017-11-02 16:57:47 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/203014026 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/203016024 Nya goes on a two hour trip from the pond to her home every day for six months of the year only staying at home for one meal. Her trip is monotonous. What dose this symbolize in the book? ]]> 2017-11-02 17:01:50 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/203016024 19_isabellagollehon https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/203358236 Why did Marial leave the camp site? Did he get eaten by wolves?]]> 2017-11-03 16:02:00 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/203358236 19_adithyanarayanan https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/203579151 Why do the Dinka people think a while before they let Salva travel with them even though he is Dinka?

]]> 2017-11-04 23:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/203579151 19_adithyanarayanan https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/203579817 What do you think the rebels symbolize?]]> 2017-11-04 23:45:36 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/203579817 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/204163402 I know I keep focusing on how bad Salva's luck seems, but this section on page 43 really stood out to me. It talks about how the boat builders worked quickly, although they didn't know how far away the war actually was, it could be miles away or a plane could be just overhead. Why do you think the author included that they were working quickly and the reason why? Does this make sense(by that I mean that they are working quickly) considering what has happened to this group of people?]]> 2017-11-06 23:57:53 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/204163402 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/204515196 How has Salva recovered from the lost of his best friend, Marial?]]> 2017-11-07 18:30:35 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/204515196 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/204589777 When Uncle used his full name, why was Salva inspired to keep on moving throughout the desert?]]> 2017-11-07 20:56:40 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/204589777 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/204590101 When the fisherman gave uncle food because they were scared of his gun why didn't they also give him nets to keep the mosquitos away?]]> 2017-11-07 20:57:37 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/204590101 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/204591305 Does Salva really believe that his family is dead?]]> 2017-11-07 21:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/204591305 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/204593149 Nya's sister is really sick. She needs to have her water boiled for 100 counts. Nya says she'll has to drink as soon as she reaches the pond and will never be able to stop Akeer from doing the same. What do you think their family will do?]]> 2017-11-07 21:06:36 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/204593149 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/204600235 On page 59, Salva thought, "If he were older and stronger, would he have given water to those men? Or would he, like most of the group, have kept his water for himself?" What do you think?

]]> 2017-11-07 21:28:12 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/204600235 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/204632656 Nya's sister has the medicine she needed but she also need's fresh clean water. What do you think Nya and her family try to do for her? ]]> 2017-11-08 00:16:14 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/204632656 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/205098034 On page 75 it talks about how dangerous the Gilo River is.What do you think Salva will do? ]]> 2017-11-09 00:10:23 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/205098034 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/205380360 When Uncle was shot by the rebels, if Salva been older do you think that he would help Uncle, or stand aside like all of the other men of the group?]]> 2017-11-09 17:02:03 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/205380360 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/205528183 Why did the soldiers want to kill Uncle? Was it because he was the leader of the group?]]> 2017-11-09 22:19:27 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/205528183 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/205538209 Does anyone think that there are boats at the gilo river and if so, large enough to protect from the crocodiles? ]]> 2017-11-09 23:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/205538209 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/205785402 When Salva becomes leader of a group of young boys heading to Kenya, why do you think he didn't give up after he realized he was leading them in circles?]]> 2017-11-10 18:18:13 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/205785402 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/205932399 Why do you think that after Salva's uncle died that the group was no longer excepting of Salva?]]> 2017-11-12 00:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/205932399 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206104655 During the book you notice that the author seems to constantly highlight the danger and horror of his war-torn country, what do you think his country symbolizes in the book? -11/12/2017]]> 2017-11-13 06:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206104655 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206346838 On page 92, Salva receives new clothes and will be getting more in New York. Why do you think he was so surprised about wearing them all at once? -11/13/17]]> 2017-11-13 16:51:57 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206346838 19_adithyanarayanan https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206351200 During the book, Salva doesn't cry when his uncle dies. Why is that?]]> 2017-11-13 16:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206351200 19_adithyanarayanan https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206351943 Why did Salva think the woman with the orange scarf was his mother? Give more details than the fact that they looked the same and had the same features.]]> 2017-11-13 16:59:26 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206351943 19_adithyanarayanan https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206354224 Why did the people murder Uncle Jewiir and laugh after he died?]]> 2017-11-13 17:02:56 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206354224 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206361197 Why do the soldiers shoot the people that were swimming across the river when they know that they were drowning and being eaten by crocodiles?]]> 2017-11-13 17:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206361197 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206368338 Why do you think Salva was chosen to go to New York, and are any other boys going to the same place as him?]]> 2017-11-13 17:25:44 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206368338 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206373192 Do you think Salva deserves going to America? Why or why not?]]> 2017-11-13 17:33:52 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206373192 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206375970 Why did the boss of the drilling team want to continue the drilling, even after all the leaks?]]> 2017-11-13 17:37:51 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206375970 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206383760 Why did the soldiers shoot at the refugees that were trying to cross the river? They only needed to shoot a few times into the air to get them to get into the river and either drown or be eaten by the crocodiles. This seemed like a waste of ammo in a country that does not have a lot of money to buy more.]]> 2017-11-13 17:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206383760 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206525965 2017-11-13 23:37:54 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206525965 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206898950 2017-11-14 18:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206898950 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206900423 Why was Salva so determined to learn english?]]> 2017-11-14 18:48:18 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/206900423 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207010752 How would you feel if you were in Salva's shoes?]]> 2017-11-15 00:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207010752 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207020638 What do you think happen to Marial?]]> 2017-11-15 01:13:58 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207020638 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207021255 Do you think Salva would step up and lead the group to the camp.]]> 2017-11-15 01:17:28 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207021255 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207060318 Why did the people kill the uncle and think it was funny?]]> 2017-11-15 06:00:13 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207060318 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207060569 Why would Salvas dad want to be the village judge?]]> 2017-11-15 06:03:09 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207060569 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207061442 How are Nya and Salva alike? How are they different?]]> 2017-11-15 06:12:22 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207061442 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207061660 How is Salvas life affected by the war]]> 2017-11-15 06:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207061660 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207061934 How did the family even survive if she just dug a small hole as deep as her arm?]]> 2017-11-15 06:18:19 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207061934 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207062099 How would you feel if you had to walk to a well to retrieve water for you family on a trip that takes eight hours and do it twice a day?]]> 2017-11-15 06:20:34 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207062099 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207370138
Will Salvia ever find his family?]]> 2017-11-15 18:39:04 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207370138 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207488858 why do you think Salva started a charity where they built wells for South Sudan towns besides being nice? He had no personal struggle to get water when he lived in his village.]]> 2017-11-16 01:00:15 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207488858 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207548150 Salva is a young boy with a bright future ahead of him, so why does the author stop the story when Salva reaches adulthood? 

]]> 2017-11-16 08:00:00 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207548150 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207550685 The major plot point of this book is Salva's journey to escape the war in his home country of Sudan, so I want to try and consider what the theme of that could be, like what theme could you draw from just the hardships and journeys Salva has gone through? And why do you believe your theme?]]> 2017-11-16 08:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207550685 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207798786 Do you think Salva would reunite with his family after raising money for Sudan?]]> 2017-11-16 17:38:10 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207798786 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207872063 If Salva had not come to Nya's village to find water and build schools, how do you think Nya's life would have been different? Would she keep walking to the pond? Would they keep drinking dirty water? Would Nya never go to school?]]> 2017-11-16 19:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207872063 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207875509 What made Salva finally realize that his family was most likely killed when his village was attacked?]]> 2017-11-16 19:49:09 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207875509 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207875716 What did uncle's death symbolize, if it did at all?]]> 2017-11-16 19:49:33 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207875716 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207878181 When he started the project he didn't know how he was going to help. How did he finally decided he was going to build wells and schools?]]> 2017-11-16 19:54:44 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207878181 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207879791 2017-11-16 19:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207879791 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207879976 I want you to consider through this entire book what is the main message and concept the author wants you to leave with when you finish the book, why do you think this is the message she wants to send?]]> 2017-11-16 19:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207879976 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207882296 At the end of the book, Salva runs around his house running ]]> 2017-11-16 20:03:06 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207882296 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207925358 Is Salva ever going to return back home? Will he ever be reunited with his family in his village?]]> 2017-11-16 22:09:30 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207925358 https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207926397 From all the interviews and presentations will Salva earn enough money to rebuild his village?]]> 2017-11-16 22:13:18 UTC https://padlet.com/meierj/fx5u31y8k6pv/wish/207926397