I really liked the book Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park . It is about a boy named Salva and a girl named Nya who struggle with survival. Both characters need hope and courage to survive They are in different time periods but, they both struggle with survival. 

The part in the book where the little boy clanged on to Salva when they had to cross the river and then was shot made the biggest impact on me because the little boy was trying to survive and when he clanged onto Salva, he pushed Salva underwater and saved him unintentionally. This leads to the message of the book which is, in times of crisis you must put yourself before others. I think this is the message because many times, people left others behind. For example, when the war first started, Salva was left behind because he was the only kid in the group so the adults left him behind because he would slow them down.

I think that Salva and Nya symbolize a real crisis that happened before, a big war between North and South Sudan. Also the horrible water crisis. Nya had to walk every day to get dirty water for the family.

My overall thoughts for this book are that I have to remember that I have to remember to help myself before others in times of crisis and to not give up when things get hard. 

I recommend this book to everyone because it is full of survival, family, courage and risks.