A Complicated War: A Review of ‘A Long Walk to Water’
“I didn’t understand this complicated war, how it mortally devoured the land and left it so full of skeletons.”– Benson Deng, They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky
Reading Levels
Interest Level: 6-9
Reading Level: 3-8
Review and Comments
When I was teaching high school, I taught the book They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky. This was my first real introduction to the Lost Boys and the war in Sudan. I’d heard mention of it on the news and in conversation, but had no real personal connection. Yo