A long walk to water
(2010)
By:
Park, Linda Sue
Fiction
Book
Book Discussion Collection
Call Numbers:
ESL/BOOK/DISCUSSION/FICTION/PARK,L
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010
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DESCRIPTION
122 pages : map ; 20 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780547577319, 0547577311, 9780606234061, 0606234063, 9780547577319
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
"Based on a true story."
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
Includes "A message from Salva Dut, Rochester, New York, 2010" and "Author's note."
Grades 6-8
720L
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011
Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2011