A long walk to water : based on a true story / a novel by Linda Sue Park.
2010
PZ7.P22115 Lo 2010 (Mapit)
Available at Midgrade/YA Collection
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Title
A long walk to water : based on a true story / a novel by Linda Sue Park.
Author
ISBN
9780547251271
0547251270
0547251270
Publication Details
Boston : Clarion Books, 2010.
Language
English
Description
121 p. : col. map ; 22 cm.
Call Number
PZ7.P22115 Lo 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification
[Fic]
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.
Awards
Jane Addams Award, 2011.
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