The Resource A long walk to water : based on a true story, a novel by Linda Sue Park
A long walk to water : based on a true story, a novel by Linda Sue Park
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The item A long walk to water : based on a true story, a novel by Linda Sue Park represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Nesmith Library.
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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
- Extent
- 1 online resource (121 pages)
- Isbn
- 9781299894280
- Link
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- Label
- A long walk to water : based on a true story
- Title
- A long walk to water
- Title remainder
- based on a true story
- Statement of responsibility
- a novel by Linda Sue Park
- Subject
-
- Blacks -- Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- Children and war
- Children and war -- Juvenile fiction
- Dut, Salva, 1974-
- Dut, Salva, 1974- -- Fiction
- Dut, Salva, 1974- -- Juvenile fiction
- Electronic books
- Fiction
- Blacks
- History
- Juvenile works
- Orphans
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- Refugees
- Refugees -- Fiction
- Refugees -- Juvenile fiction
- South Sudan
- South Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- Sudan
- Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Fiction
- Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Juvenile fiction
- Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- Survival
- Survival -- Fiction
- Survival -- Juvenile fiction
- War stories
- War stories -- Juvenile fiction
- Water -- Fiction
- Water-supply
- Water-supply -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Blacks -- Sudan -- 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
- Awards note
- Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Park, Linda Sue
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PZ7.P22115
- LC item number
- Lo 2010eb
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
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- OverDrive, Inc
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- Dut, Salva
- Dut, Salva
- Dut, Salva
- Refugees
- Survival
- Water-supply
- Blacks
- Children and war
- War stories
- Orphans
- Refugees
- Survival
- Water
- Blacks
- Water-supply
- War stories
- Survival
- Refugees
- Orphans
- Children and war
- Blacks
- Sudan
- Sudan
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Sudan
- South Sudan
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- A long walk to water : based on a true story, a novel by Linda Sue Park
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- Extent
- 1 online resource (121 pages)
- File format
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- online
- Isbn
- 9781299894280
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- System control number
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- Label
- A long walk to water : based on a true story, a novel by Linda Sue Park
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- cr
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- Content type MARC source
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- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (121 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781299894280
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
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- Media MARC source
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- Media type code
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- System control number
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Subject
- Blacks -- Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- Children and war
- Children and war -- Juvenile fiction
- Dut, Salva, 1974-
- Dut, Salva, 1974- -- Fiction
- Dut, Salva, 1974- -- Juvenile fiction
- Electronic books
- Fiction
- Blacks
- History
- Juvenile works
- Orphans
- Orphans -- Juvenile fiction
- Refugees
- Refugees -- Fiction
- Refugees -- Juvenile fiction
- South Sudan
- South Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- Sudan
- Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Fiction
- Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Juvenile fiction
- Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- Survival
- Survival -- Fiction
- Survival -- Juvenile fiction
- War stories
- War stories -- Juvenile fiction
- Water -- Fiction
- Water-supply
- Water-supply -- Juvenile fiction
- Fiction
- Blacks -- Sudan -- Fiction
Genre
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- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Children’s Middle Grade Paperback
- trueThe New York Times Best Sellers - Middle Grade Paperback
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