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Salva runs to the bush
" "Go quickly, all of you," the teacher said, his voice low and urgent. "Into the bush. Do you hear me? Not home. Don't run home. They will be going into the villages. Stay away from the villages--run into the bush." " Page 6 -
Salva meets rebels
"In the early afternoon, he saw a large group of soldiers up ahead. Word passed through the crowd: "It's the rebels." The rebels--those who were fighting the government." Page 10 -
Salva meets a Dinka group who are going to a refugee camp, and joins them.
"Yes, it was voices. Some people were walking toward the house--a small group, fewer than a dozen." "Two of the men had patterns of V-shaped scars on their foreheads. Dinka patterns." Page 19 -
Salva finds Uncle Jewiir
" "Salva!" the man said again, and hurried toward him. When the man was only a few steps away, Salva suddenly found his voice. "Uncle!" he cried out, and ran into the man's arms." Page 34 -
They are in the Akobo Desert
"The sun was relentless and eternal: There was neither a wisp of cloud nor whiff of breeze for relief. Each minute in that arid heat felt like an hour." Page 52 -
Salva's Uncle gets 720 no-scoped in the head.
"As Salva watched, one of the men aimed his gun at Uncle. Three shots rang out. Then the men ran away." Page 63 -
Salva reaches the Itang refugee camp.
"The refugee camp at Itang was filled with people of all ages--men, women, girls, small children." Page 66 -
The lost boys reach the refugee camp at Kakuma.
"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." Page 82 -
Salva leaves Kakuma and goes to Ifo
"He had heard of another refugee camp, far to the south and west, where he hoped things would be better." Page 85 -
Salva goes to the United States of America
"Salva Dut--Rochester, New York. Salva was going to New York. He was going to America!" Page 89 -
We learn about Nya
"Nya could switch the handle from one hand to the other, swing the container by her side, or cradle it in both arms." Page 1 -
Nya sibling, Akeer, is sick.
"Akeer had complained noisily and at the length about the pains in her stomach." Page 39 -
Two people come to her village to find water.
"Two men emerged from the jeep." " "What are they talking about?" Nya asked Dep. "Something about water," Dep replied." Page 51 -
The laborers start making the well
"The clangor of machinery and hammer greeted Nya each time she returned from the pond." Page 71 -
First signs of water
"A spray of water shot high into the air! This wasn't the water that the workers had been piping into the borehole. This was new water--water that was coming out of the hole!" Page 83 -
A school is being built
" "A school?" she echoed. "Yes," he replied. "With the well here, no one will have to go to the pond anymore. So all the children will be able to go to school." " Page 103 -
Nya finds out that the boss is a Dinka.
"Dep saw her looking at the man. "That man, the boss of the workers," Dep said. "You know he is a Dinka?" Page 114 -
The well is completed
"Nya waited her turn in line. She was holding a plastic bottle. The well has been completed." Page 111 -
Nya meet Salva Dut
"I am happy to meet you, Nya," he said. My name is Salva." Page 115 -
Because of the water, the village will prosper.
"In a few more days, the school would be finished." "Next year there would be a marketplace where villagers could sell and buy vegetables and chickens and other goods. There was even talk of a clinic someday--a medical clinic, so they wouldn't have to walk so far to get help, as they had when Akeer was ill." Page 113
