A long walk to water /
Park, Linda Sue.
A long walk to water / a novel by Linda Sue Park. - 122 pages : map ; 20 cm.
"Based on a true story"--T.-p.
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 a 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.
720 Lexile.
9780547577319 0547577311 9780606234061 0606234063
Dut, Salva, 1974- --Juvenile fiction.
Refugees--Juvenile fiction.
Survival--Juvenile fiction.
Water--Juvenile fiction.
Black people--Sudan--Juvenile fiction.
A long walk to water / a novel by Linda Sue Park. - 122 pages : map ; 20 cm.
"Based on a true story"--T.-p.
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 a 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.
720 Lexile.
9780547577319 0547577311 9780606234061 0606234063
Dut, Salva, 1974- --Juvenile fiction.
Refugees--Juvenile fiction.
Survival--Juvenile fiction.
Water--Juvenile fiction.
Black people--Sudan--Juvenile fiction.