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A long walk to water / 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: 9780547577319
  • ISBN: 0547577311
  • ISBN: 9781451733945
  • ISBN: 1451733941
  • ISBN: 9780547251271
  • ISBN: 0547251270
  • ISBN: 9780606234061
  • Physical Description: 121 pages : color map ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: Boston : Clarion Books, 2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes "A message from Salva Dut, Rochester, New York, 2010" and "Author's note."
Citation/References Note:
Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2011
Booklist starred, September 2010
Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2010
Horn Book, May 2011
Kirkus Review, October 2010
Library Media Connection starred, January 2011
Pub Weekly, October 2010
School Library Journal starred, November 2010
Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2010
Target Audience Note:
Grades 6 & up.
720L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR. MG 5.0 3.0 140710.
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 5 3 140710.
Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 5 3 SD Quiz 140710 English fiction.
Awards Note:
Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2011
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011

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Subject:
Dut, Salva, 1974- > Juvenile fiction.
Refugees > Juvenile fiction.
Survival > Juvenile fiction.
Water-supply > Juvenile fiction.
Black people > Sudan > Juvenile fiction.
Children and war > Juvenile fiction.
War stories > Juvenile fiction.
Orphans > Juvenile fiction.
Sudan > History > Civil War, 1983-2005 > Juvenile fiction.
Sudan > Juvenile fiction.
South Sudan > Juvenile fiction.
Genre:
War fiction.

Available copies

  • 123 of 135 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 4 of 4 copies available at Johnston County Affiliated Libraries.

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  • 1 current hold with 135 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Mary Duncan Public Library J Park (Text) 38950611593346 Juvenile Fiction Reshelving -
Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield J Park (Text) 38950610647424 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield J Park (Text) 38950610766851 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Selma Public Library J Park (Text) 38950610488084 Juvenile Fiction Available -

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