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A long walk to water : based on a true story / 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 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: 0547577311
  • ISBN: 9780547577319
  • Physical Description: 121 pages : map ; 20 cm.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, [2010]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Based on a true story."
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR. MG 5.0 3.0 140710.
Awards Note:
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011
Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2011
Battle of the Books, 2015-2016.
Subject: Dut, Salva, 1974- > Juvenile fiction.
Refugees > Fiction
Survival > Fiction
Water supply > Fiction.
Blacks > Sudan > Fiction.
Sudan > History > Civil War, 1983-2005 > Fiction.
Genre: Juvenile works.

Available copies

  • 17 of 17 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Columbia Gorge Community College. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Columbia Gorge Community College Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Columbia Gorge Community College Library Fiction PARK 2010 (Text) 39705000084706 New Book Shelf Available -

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