Characters
This is the individual who tells Salva to run into the bush.
His teacher.
This is what Nya steps on in the first chapter
A thorn
This tribe has V shaped facial scarring
The Dinka
This is the village in which Salva is from.
Loun-Ariik
This animal attacks Marial in his sleep.
A lion.
This character leads the group to honey
Buksa
This is why Nya and her family must leave her village every year
It becomes the dry season
Members from this tribe kill Uncle Jewiir
Nuer
This is the country that is to the east of Sudan.
Ethiopia
This animal kills unfortunate people in the Gilo River
Crocodiles
This character becomes ill due to drinking contaminated water.
Akeer
If a member of Salva's village is struggling financially, they probably do not own many of this type of animal.
Cattle
This is the name of the tribe that is also known as "the people of the lion"
The Atuot
This is the name of the desert that Salva travels through.
The Akobo desert
This is the name of the animal that leads the people to the honey
The honeybird
This character is Nya's older brother.
Dep
This is the lesson that was being taught to Salva in the first chapter that he was struggling to pay attention to.
He was being taught Arabic
This describes the feeling of intense loyalty that people feel towards groups that they belong to.
Tribalism
This is the name of the refugee camp that Salva is headed towards after the desert.
Itang refugee camp
This is the animal that Salva and the group were in the process of cooking when they were attacked by the soldiers.
A stork
This individual is who Linda Sue Park dedicated the book to.
Ben
This is what Salva says is the hardest thing he has ever had to do in his life.
Not drink water from his gourd while traveling through the desert.
This is the tribe that Buksa is from.
The Jur-Chol
This is the country in which kakuma refugee camp is located
Kenya
This is the first animal that Uncle Jewiir shoots and kills.
A topi