The Resource A long walk to water : based on a true story, a novel by Linda Sue Park
A long walk to water : based on a true story, a novel by Linda Sue Park
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 121 p.
- Note
- Includes "A message from Salva Dut, Rochester, New York, 2010" and "Author's note."
- Isbn
- 9781451733945
- Label
- A long walk to water : based on a true story
- Title
- A long walk to water
- Title remainder
- based on a true story
- Statement of responsibility
- a novel by Linda Sue Park
- Subject
-
- Survival
- Survival -- Juvenile fiction
- War fiction
- Blacks
- Dut, Salva, 1974- -- Fiction
- Water-supply
- Water-supply -- Juvenile fiction
- Authors' autographs (Provenance) -- Park -- 2010
- South Sudan
- Refugees -- Juvenile fiction
- History
- Sudan
- Civil War (Sudan : 1983-)
- South Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- Refugees
- Children and war
- War fiction
- Lost Boys of Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- Water for South Sudan, Inc
- Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2010
- Children and war -- Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile works
- Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Juvenile fiction
- Orphans
- Fiction
- Blacks -- Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- Dut, Salva, 1974-
- Dut, Salva, 1974- -- Juvenile fiction
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Awards note
-
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011
- Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2011
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Intended audience
-
- Grades 6 & up
- 720
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Interest level
- MG
- LC call number
- PZ7.P22115
- LC item number
- Lo 2010
- Literary form
- fiction
- Reading level
- 5.0
- Study program name
- Accelerated Reader AR.
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- A long walk to water : based on a true story, a novel by Linda Sue Park
- Note
- Includes "A message from Salva Dut, Rochester, New York, 2010" and "Author's note."
- Related Authorities
-
- History
- Fiction
- Civil War (Sudan : 1983-)
- Juvenile fiction
- Sudan
- Children and war
- South Sudan
- Water-supply
- Authors' autographs (Provenance)
- Juvenile works
- Blacks
- Civil War, 1983-2005
- Orphans
- Refugees
- Park
- Survival
- Dut, Salva, 1974-
- Lost Boys of Sudan
- 2010
- War fiction
- Water for South Sudan, Inc
- Dust jackets (Bindings)
- History
- Related Subjects
-
- Survival
- Survival -- Juvenile fiction
- War fiction
- Blacks
- Dut, Salva, 1974- -- Fiction
- Water-supply
- Water-supply -- Juvenile fiction
- Authors' autographs (Provenance) -- Park -- 2010
- South Sudan
- Refugees -- Juvenile fiction
- History
- Sudan
- Civil War (Sudan : 1983-)
- South Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- Refugees
- Children and war
- War fiction
- Lost Boys of Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- Water for South Sudan, Inc
- Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2010
- Children and war -- Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile works
- Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Juvenile fiction
- Orphans
- Fiction
- Blacks -- Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- Dut, Salva, 1974-
- Dut, Salva, 1974- -- Juvenile fiction
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
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- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
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- Extent
- 121 p.
- Isbn
- 9781451733945
- Isbn Type
- (PawPrnts)
- Lccn
- 2009048857
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- col. map
- System control number
- ocn495597182
Subject
- Authors' autographs (Provenance) -- Park -- 2010
- Blacks
- Blacks -- Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- Children and war
- Children and war -- Juvenile fiction
- Civil War (Sudan : 1983-)
- Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2010
- Dut, Salva, 1974-
- Dut, Salva, 1974- -- Fiction
- Dut, Salva, 1974- -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- History
- Juvenile works
- Lost Boys of Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- Orphans
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- Refugees
- Refugees -- Juvenile fiction
- South Sudan
- South Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- Sudan
- Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Juvenile fiction
- Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- Survival
- Survival -- Juvenile fiction
- War fiction
- War fiction
- Water for South Sudan, Inc
- Water-supply
- Water-supply -- Juvenile fiction
Genre
- Authors' autographs (Provenance)
- Dust jackets (Bindings)
- Fiction
- History
- Juvenile fiction
- Juvenile works
- War fiction
Member of
- The New York Times Best Sellers - Children’s Middle Grade
- The New York Times Best Sellers - Children’s Middle Grade Paperback
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