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Author:
Park, Linda Sue, author.
Title:
A long walk to water : a novel / by Linda Sue Park.
Publisher:
Clarion Books,
Copyright Date:
2010
Description:
121 pages : color map ; 22 cm
Subject:
Dut, Salva,--1974---Juvenile fiction.
Dut, Salva,--1974---Fiction.
Dut, Salva,--1974-
Dut, Salva,--1974---Fiction.
Refugees--Juvenile fiction.
Survival--Juvenile fiction.
Water-supply--Juvenile fiction.
Blacks--Sudan--Juvenile fiction.
Sudan--History--Civil War, 1983-2005--Juvenile fiction.
Children and war--Juvenile fiction.
War stories--Juvenile fiction.
Orphans--Juvenile fiction.
Sudan--Juvenile fiction.
South Sudan--Juvenile fiction.
Children's stories, American--21st century.
Blacks.
Children and war.
Orphans.
Refugees.
Survival.
War stories.
Water-supply.
South Sudan.
Sudan.
Since 1983
Authors' autographs (Provenance)--Park--2010.
Dust jackets (Bindings)--2010.
Biographical fiction.
War fiction.
Fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Historical fiction.
Dust jackets (Bindings)--2010.
Authors' autographs (Provenance)--Park--2010.
Children's stories.
War fiction.
Fiction.
History.
Juvenile works.
Dust jackets (Bindings)
Authors' autographs (Provenance)
Notes:
"Based on a true story." Includes "A message from Salva Dut, Rochester, New York, 2010" and "Author's note."
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.
Indexed by:
School Library Journal starred, November 2010
Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2011
Booklist starred, September 2010
Library Media Connection starred, January 2011
Pub Weekly, October 2010
Horn Book, May 2011
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2010
Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2010
Kirkus Review, October 2010
ISBN:
1451733941
9781451733945
0547577311
9780547577319
0547251270
9780547251271
OCLC:
(OCoLC)495597182
LCCN:
2009048857
Locations:
SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson) — Copies: 10

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