An edition of A Long Walk to Water( Linda Sue Park)
(2008)
A long walk to water
based on a true story
by Linda Sue Park and Ginger Knowlton
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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.
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Children's fiction, Refugees, fiction, Survival, fiction, Blacks, fiction, Africa, east, fiction, nyt:childrens-middle-grade=2013-07-28, New York Times bestseller, Water, Blacks, Juvenile fiction, History, Refugees, Survival, Fiction, Civil War (Sudan : 1983- ) fast (OCoLC)fst01352323, Survival skills, War stories, Water-supply, Children and war, Orphans, Water supply, nyt:childrens-middle-grade-e-book=2016-04-10, Africa, fictionPeople
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| June 16, 2024 | Edited by bitnapper | Merge works (MRID: 143586) |
| February 27, 2024 | Edited by Tasha Ekpeogwa | Update covers |
| June 19, 2023 | Edited by alba mayanja | Edited without comment. |
| December 23, 2020 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
| January 4, 2011 | Edited by Fiction Addiction | Added new cover |