Home for just long enough to eat, Nya makes her second trip to the pond. To the pond and back - to the pond and back - nearly a full day of walking altogether. This is Nya's routine seven months a year ... Salva runs until he cannot run anymore. Then he walks. For hours, until the sun is nearly gone from the sky. As he walks, the same thoughts keep going through his head in rhythm with his steps. Where are we going? Where is my family? When will I see them again? This mesmerizing dual narrative by Newbery medallist Linda Sue Park shows us that in a troubled country, determined survivors may find the future they are hoping for.

Unabridged. Title from disc label.