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A long walk to water : based on a true story / a novel by Linda Sue Park.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Clarion Books, 2010.Description: 121 p. : col. map ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780547251271
  • 0547251270
  • 9780547577319 (pbk.)
  • 0547577311 (pbk.)
  • 1451733941 (PawPrnts)
  • 9781451733945 (PawPrnts)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 22
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.P22115 Lo 2010
Awards:
  • Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011.
  • Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2011.
Summary: When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.
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Includes "A message from Salva Dut, Rochester, New York, 2010" and "Author's note."

When the Sudanese civil war reaches his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva becomes separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan, Ethiopia, and Kenya in search of safe haven. Based on the life of Salva Dut, who, after emigrating to America in 1996, began a project to dig water wells in Sudan.

Grades 6 & up.

Accelerated Reader AR. MG 5.0 3.0 140710.

Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011.

Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2011.

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