The group of refugees finally reaches the Nile River. Jewiir guesses that Marial has probably been eaten by a lion. One night, Salva wakes up to find that Marial has disappeared. He becomes the de facto leader of the group, due to his gun and his military training. Jewiir, recognizing that Salva’s parents are nowhere to be found (and thinking they are likely dead), promises to take care of Salva. A few weeks later, Salva is overjoyed to be reunited with his Uncle Jewiir, who used to be a soldier. Salva joins up with a large group of people from his village, and the group begins to wander across Sudan in the hopes of finding a safe refugee camp.Īfter weeks of wandering across Sudan, Salva befriends another boy in the group, whose name is Marial. He spends a few nights staying with an elderly woman in her barn, but the woman eventually tells Salva that he’ll need to keep moving, since there’s no more food or water. In the chaos, Salva is separated from his parents and siblings. There’s a violent civil war going on in his country, and Salva’s teacher yells for everyone to run away from their village as fast as possible. On day in 1985, Salva is sitting in school when he hears the sound of gunfire. The book alternates between two storylines: one beginning in 1985 and revolving around Salva Dut, an eleven-year-old boy living in the South Sudanese village of Loun-Ariik the other beginning in 2008 and revolving around a young South Sudanese girl named Nya.
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