A long walk to water : a novel / by Linda Sue Park.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780547577319 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 0547577311 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 121 p. : map ; 20 cm.
- Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, C2010.
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General Note: | "Based on a true story"--T.-p. |
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Subject: | Dut, Salva, 1974- Refugees > Fiction. Survival > Fiction. Blacks > Sudan > Fiction. Human rights > Juvenile fiction. Sudan > History > Civil War, 1983-2005 > Fiction. |
Topic Heading: | Popular reads. Black, Indigenous and people of colour |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Prince Rupert Library | J Park (Text) | 33294001975663 | Juvenile Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |