Reviewed Stacey Sewall
Review Source: Africa Access
Book Author: Susan Hughes
Walking for Water tells the story of Victor and his twin sister, Linesi, who live in a village in Malawi. The children have turned 8 years old, and Linesi must now begin helping the women and older girls fetch water each day from the river instead of going to school with her brother. Victor misses his sister and feels it is unfair that she has to spend her days carrying water, while he is walking to school with their friends and learning in the classroom. Victor devises a plan, which he shares with his mother and sister, for he and Linesi to take turns going to school and carrying water on alternate days.
Walking for Water is part of the Citizen Kid series by Kids Can Press. This series is designed for western, English speaking readers ages 8-12, and is intended to inspire children with stories of young people making a difference in their local communities. A 2008 book from this series, One Hen, was a CABA Award Winner. The author of Walking for Water is Susan Hughes, a Toronto-based children’s book author and freelance editor. Continue reading on Africa Access.
Walking for Water by Susan Hughes
Published by Kids Can Press Ltd on June 1, 2021
Genres: Africa
Pages: 32
Reading Level: Grades 1-2, Grades 3-5
ISBN: 9781525307980
Review Source: Africa Access
Publisher Synopsis: A young boy finds a way to help his sister go to school. Victor and his twin sister, Linesi, are close. Only, now that they are eight years old, she is no longer able to go to school with him. Linesi, like the other older girls in their community, must walk to the river to get water five times a day to help their mother farm. But Victor is learning about equality in school. He’s beginning to realize how boys and girls are not treated equally. And that’s not fair to his sister. So Victor comes up with a plan to help. Can one boy make a difference in an unequal world? It turns out, he can!
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