The book a long walk to water is based on a true story and it follows 2 characters in 1985 there is Salva and he fleeing from the civil war of south Sudan and in 2008 the story of Nya a girl how must get water from a pond everyday and this pond is not close to there village. There two stories will come together but first Nya must keep getting water as new people build something. Salva must go through the war, being mostly all alone, crossing dangerous rivers and going through desert with many animals, he must push on.