The Resource A long walk to water : a novel : based on a true story, by Linda Sue Park
A long walk to water : a novel : based on a true story, by Linda Sue Park
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Label
- A long walk to water : a novel : based on a true story
- Title
- A long walk to water
- Title remainder
- a novel : based on a true story
- Statement of responsibility
- by Linda Sue Park
- Subject
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- trueGenre
- trueSubject
- trueRefugees
- trueRealistic fiction
- trueAudio Characteristics
- trueSubject
- trueBoys -- Africa
- trueMusically enhanced
- trueAudio Characteristics
- Refugees -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSurvival
- trueLocation
- trueSound effects
- trueDut, Salva, 1974-
- trueLife during wartime
- trueAudio Characteristics
- trueCivil war
- trueMultiple narrators
- trueTone
- trueAudio Characteristics
- trueAudio Characteristics
- trueSubject
- trueEmotionally connected
- trueWell-characterized
- trueSubject
- trueSudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005
- trueSubject
- Survival skills -- Juvenile fiction
- Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Juvenile fiction
- Blacks -- Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSubject
- trueSubject
- trueWriting Style
- trueMultiple perspectives
- Water -- Juvenile fiction
- trueEleven-year-old boys
- trueBoys -- Sudan
- trueLocation
- trueThemesTropes -- Life during wartime
- trueSubject
- trueSubject
- Dut, Salva, 1974- -- Juvenile fiction
- Language
- eng
- 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
- 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
- Award
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- Jane Addams Book Award for Books for Older Children, 2011.
- Notable Books for a Global Society, 2011.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 370653
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 720
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
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- 5
- 8
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Target audience
- adolescent
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- based on a true story
- Label
- A long walk to water : a novel : based on a true story, by Linda Sue Park
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 121 p.
- Isbn
- 9780547251271
- Lccn
- 2009048857
- Other physical details
- maps
- Label
- A long walk to water : a novel : based on a true story, by Linda Sue Park
- Dimensions
- 22 cm.
- Extent
- 121 p.
- Isbn
- 9780547251271
- Lccn
- 2009048857
- Other physical details
- maps
Subject
- trueAudio Characteristics
- trueAudio Characteristics
- trueAudio Characteristics
- trueAudio Characteristics
- trueAudio Characteristics
- Blacks -- Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- trueBoys -- Africa
- trueBoys -- Sudan
- trueCivil war
- trueDut, Salva, 1974-
- Dut, Salva, 1974- -- Juvenile fiction
- trueEleven-year-old boys
- trueEmotionally connected
- trueGenre
- trueLife during wartime
- trueLocation
- trueLocation
- trueMultiple narrators
- trueMultiple perspectives
- trueMusically enhanced
- trueRealistic fiction
- trueRefugees
- Refugees -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSound effects
- trueSubject
- trueSubject
- trueSubject
- trueSubject
- trueSubject
- trueSubject
- trueSubject
- trueSubject
- trueSubject
- trueSudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005
- Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSurvival
- Survival skills -- Juvenile fiction
- trueThemesTropes -- Life during wartime
- trueTone
- trueWater
- Water -- Juvenile fiction
- trueWell-characterized
- trueWriting Style
Genre
Included in
- trueAfrica South of the Sahara : Fiction for Grades 6-8
- trueJane Addams Children's Book Awards: Books for Older Children
- trueNotable Books for a Global Society: 2011
- trueRead-Alouds for Grades 6-8
- trueSurvival : Fiction for Grades 3-5
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Children’s Middle Grade
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Children’s Middle Grade Paperback
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
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