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A long walk to water : a novel  Cover Image Book Book

A long walk to water : a novel / by Linda Sue Park.

Park, Linda Sue. (Author).

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 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.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Based on a true story"--T.-p.
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

Available copies

  • 10 of 10 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 10 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Prince Rupert Library J Park (Text) 33294001975663 Juvenile Fiction Volume hold Available -


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