Songs of Dust and Watera novel by M.J. Hydara

A reward from your ledger

A reading journal

A page for each part of the book, with questions that give nothing away. Print it, fold it, and keep it inside the cover.

Name: ________________________ Started: ____________ Finished: ____________

Before you start

What do you expect from a novel about a well, a fund and a village?

Look at the cover for a full minute. Write down three things you notice.

Part One: The Glass House of Sahel

Who in Madina do you trust most so far, and why?

Copy out one line you want to remember, with its page.

If you could ask one character one question, what would it be?

Ten years later

What has changed? What has stayed the same?

Part Two: The Water-Keeper

Draw the village of Nafawol as you picture it.

Which rule would you add to the village’s charter?

Copy out one line you want to remember, with its page.

After the last page

How did you feel when you closed the book?

Who would you give this book to, and what would you tell them about it?

Back to your ledger

Get the book

The Kindle edition is out now. The paperback and hardcover are coming soon.

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Paperback and hardcover
Coming soon. Paperback ISBN 9798162251088 · hardcover ISBN 9798162534938
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