Bibliograph

A long walk to water, a novel by Linda Sue Park

Type

Label

A long walk to water, a novel by Linda Sue Park

Language

eng

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

Intended audience

720, Lexile

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 10 up

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

A long walk to water

Oclc number

495597182796077723

Responsibility statement

a novel by Linda Sue Park

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR, MG+, 5.0, 3.0, 140710.

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

Target audience

adolescent

resource.variantTitle

Long walk to water

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