Across
- 3. Salva's tribal affiliation
- 6. Because of the well, villagers could grow vegetable and sell them in a ________.
- 8. place where Salva reunites with his ailing father
- 11. word that describes the water that made Salva's father ill
- 15. The name of the American school that raised money to build the well in Nay's village.
- 17. the quality demonstrated by Salva throughout his journey; he never gave up - P _____.
- 19. number of years Salva stays at the Itang Refugee Camp in Ethiopia
- 21. Salva' home country
- 23. Salva's adoptive mother in New York
- 24. language Michael -- the aid worker -- helps Salva learn, so he can communicate in his new country
- 26. name of the river Salva and other refugees are forced to cross with the Itang Refugee camp closes
- 29. In the Gilo River, refugees have to be wary of these animals
- 30. Protagonist who transitions from refugee to humanitarian leader
- 31. color of the woman's head scarf at the Itang Refugee Camp
Down
- 1. the young girl whose village benefits from a new well
- 2. the season Salva experiences for the first time in America
- 4. It took Salva and his group of boys one and a half years to ____ to the camp in Kenya
- 5. City in New York where Salva resettles in the United States
- 7. the group of orphaned and displaced boys (and girls) Salva belonged to
- 9. what Nya calls the drilling rig used to dig wells
- 10. Nya's younger sister who falls ill from dirty water
- 12. Nya's brother who explains the well-drilling process
- 13. the name of the refugee camp Salva first lives in for six years (after crossing the desert)
- 14. the state Salva immigrates to in America
- 16. the first water out of the ground in Nya's village was, unfortunately _____ (full of mud)
- 18. The Nuer and Dinka tribes were _____, but Salva did not care.
- 20. Who teaches Salva to "take one step at a time" but keep going?
- 22. color of the coveralls of the well workers (Nya notices the boss and his assistants wearing them)
- 25. the facility Nya's father helped build alongside the well in Nya's village
- 27. the soda Salva drinks on a flight to America; his father used to buy it in Loun-Ariik
- 28. African country where Salva stays in a refugee camp before moving to America
