A long walk to water : a novel /
Park, Linda Sue
A long walk to water : a novel / by Linda Sue Park. - 121 pages : map ; 22 cm.
"Based on a true story."
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. 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.
010 up.
9780547251271 (hc) 0547251270 (hc)
2009048857
Dut, Salva, 1974- --Juvenile fiction.
Dut, Salva, 1974- --Fiction.
Dut, Salva, 1974- --Fiction.
Refugees--Juvenile fiction.
Survival skills--Juvenile fiction.
Water--Juvenile fiction.
Black people--Sudan--Juvenile fiction.
Refugees--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Water--Fiction.
Black people--Sudan--Fiction.
Refugees--Fiction.
Survival skills--Fiction.
Water--Fiction.
Blacks--Sudan--Fiction.
Sudan--History--Civil War, 1983-2005--Juvenile fiction.
Sudan--History--Civil War, 1983-2005--Fiction.
Sudan--History--Fiction.
PZ7.P22115 / Lo 2010
[Fic] FIC
A long walk to water : a novel / by Linda Sue Park. - 121 pages : map ; 22 cm.
"Based on a true story."
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. 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.
010 up.
9780547251271 (hc) 0547251270 (hc)
2009048857
Dut, Salva, 1974- --Juvenile fiction.
Dut, Salva, 1974- --Fiction.
Dut, Salva, 1974- --Fiction.
Refugees--Juvenile fiction.
Survival skills--Juvenile fiction.
Water--Juvenile fiction.
Black people--Sudan--Juvenile fiction.
Refugees--Fiction.
Survival--Fiction.
Water--Fiction.
Black people--Sudan--Fiction.
Refugees--Fiction.
Survival skills--Fiction.
Water--Fiction.
Blacks--Sudan--Fiction.
Sudan--History--Civil War, 1983-2005--Juvenile fiction.
Sudan--History--Civil War, 1983-2005--Fiction.
Sudan--History--Fiction.
PZ7.P22115 / Lo 2010
[Fic] FIC