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A long walk to water : a novel / by Linda Sue Park.
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: 9780547251271
- ISBN: 0547251270
- ISBN: 9780547577319
- ISBN: 0547577311
- ISBN: 9781451733945
- ISBN: 1451733941
- Physical Description: 121 pages : color map ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Boston : Clarion Books, 2010.
- Copyright: ©2010
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Based on a true story." Includes "A message from Salva Dut, Rochester, New York, 2010" and "Author's note." |
| Citation/References Note: | School Library Journal starred, November 2010 Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2011 Booklist starred, September 2010 Library Media Connection starred, January 2011 Pub Weekly, October 2010 Horn Book, May 2011 Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2010 Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2010 Kirkus Review, October 2010 |
| Target Audience Note: | Grades 6 & up. |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR. MG 5.0 3.0 140710. Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 5 3 SD Quiz 140710 English fiction. |
| Awards Note: | Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011 Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2011 Jane Addams Children's Book Award, 2011 |
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| Genre: | Children's stories. War fiction. Fiction. History. Juvenile works. Dust jackets (Bindings) Authors' autographs (Provenance) |
Available copies
- 61 of 73 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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- 2 current holds with 73 total copies.
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| Albright Memorial Library | YOUNG ADULT PARKS (Text) | 50686015506426 | Young Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library | JF PAR (Text) | 37268003128980 | AHMFL Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Altoona Area Public Library | JF PAR 1 (Text) | 33240004260363 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Annie Halenbake Ross Library | JF Par (Text) | 00122403 | YOUTH Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Bellwood-Antis Public Library | JF Par (Text) | 310BEL00088905 | Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
| Bernville Area Community Library | YA PAR (Text) | 33249019635196 | Teen Fiction | Checked Out | 05/07/2024 |
| Boyertown Community Library | J PAR (Text) | 33249022714343 | Children's Fiction | Available | - |
| Brandywine Community Library | J PAR (Text) | 33249023411378 | Children's Fiction | Available | - |
| Cambria County Library | jF Par (Text) | 85131001220293 | CACM Juvenile Fiction | Temp Missing | - |
| Cambria County Library | jF Par (Text) | 85131001790857 | CACM Juvenile Fiction | Available | - |
