A long walk to water: a novel

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9780547577319
9781936223299
9780547251271
9780606234061
9780547532844
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Grouping Titlelong walk to water
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Grouping LanguageEnglish (eng)
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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. 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 a 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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2013
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Blacks -- Sudan -- Fiction
Dut, Salva, -- 1974?- -- Fiction
Dut, Salva, -- 1974?- -- Juvenile fiction
Refugees -- Fiction
Refugees -- Juvenile fiction
Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Fiction
Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Juvenile fiction
Survival -- Fiction
Water -- Fiction
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A long walk to water : a novel
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A Long Walk To Water
A Long Walk to Water Based on a True Story
A long walk to water : a novel / by Linda Sue Park
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a novel
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Dut, Salva
Historical Fiction
History
Juvenile Fiction
Juvenile Literature
Refugees
Survival
Water

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