Salva almost falls asleep in the canoe because the _______ scenery never changes; all he sees is water.

Salva is amazed at the ______ of food on the island in the Nile; cassava, sugar cane, yams, fish, and crocodile and hippo meat are readily available.

"Thousands, maybe millions, of hungry mosquitoes massed so thickly that in one breath Salva could have ended up with a mouthful..." hints that massed means

The Akobo Desert is arid.

The blazing sun and heat are relentless in the desert.

Salva _____ great pain after stubbing his toe so hard his toenail fell off.

Which two words are similar in meaning?

parched

What vocab word?

to estimate or judge