Title:
A long walk to water
Author:
Park, Linda Sue.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : [Houghton Mifflin Harcourt], [2010]
©2010
Physical Description:
121 pages : map ; 22 cm
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.
General Note:
Publisher imprint varies.
"Based on a true story."
Language:
English
Reading Level:
010 up.
720 Lexile.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 5.0 3.0 140710.
Personal Subject:
Geographic Term:
ISBN:
9780547251271
9780547577319
Format :
Book
