A long walk to water : based on a true story : a novel / by Linda Sue Park.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780547251271
- ISBN: 0547251270
- ISBN: 9780547577319 (Sandpiper : pbk.)
- ISBN: 0547577311 (Sandpiper : pbk.)
- Physical Description: 121 p. : col. map ; 22 cm.
- Publisher: Boston : Clarion Books, c2010.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | 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. |
Awards Note: | Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011 |
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Subject: | Dut, Salva, 1974- > Juvenile fiction. Dut, Salva, 1974- > Fiction. Refugees > Fiction. Survival > Fiction. Water > Fiction. Blacks > Sudan > Fiction. Sudan > History > Civil War, 1983-2005 > Fiction. |
Available copies
- 132 of 143 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Killingly Library.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 143 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Killingly Library | j Par (Text) | 34040120876103 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
Killingly Library | j Par (Text) | 34040123081917 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |