A long walk to water : based on a true story : a novel
Record details
- ISBN: 0547577311 (Sandpiper : pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780547577319 (Sandpiper : pbk.)
- ISBN: 0547251270
- ISBN: 9780547251271
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Physical Description:
121 p. : col. map ; 22 cm.
print - Publisher: Boston : Clarion Books, c2010.
Content descriptions
Summary, etc.: | 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. |
Awards Note: | Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011 |
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Subject: | Sudan History Civil War, 1983-2005 Fiction Blacks Sudan Fiction Water Fiction Survival Fiction Refugees Fiction Dut, Salva 1974- Fiction Dut, Salva 1974- Juvenile fiction |
Available copies
- 132 of 143 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Rockville Public Library.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 143 total copies.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Rockville Public Library | F PAR (Text) | 34035124693884 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |