The resource is designed to be used before or during the study of the novel A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. It is not a novel study per se, but rather a package of informational texts and activities that provide students with information about the author, the historical background of the conflict in Sudan and the main character of the novel (who is fictionalized in the book), Salva Dut. 1) The resource begins with a figurative language worksheet: 9 expressions/idioms from the three r