Bibliograph

A long walk to water, based on a true story, Linda Sue Park

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A long walk to water, based on a true story, Linda Sue Park

Language

eng

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

A long walk to water

Oclc number

1141865693

Responsibility statement

Linda Sue Park

Series statement

Thorndike Press large print striving reader collection

Sub title

based on a true story

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

Target audience

juvenile

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