Park, Linda Sue, <br/><br/>
A long walk to water / 
a novel by Linda Sue Park. 
 - 121 pages :  color map ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/> "Based on a true story."  Includes "A message from Salva Dut, Rochester, New York, 2010",  and "Author's note" with "Addendum, 2015." 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> Grades 6 & up.  720L  Lexile 
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<br/><br/> Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011  Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2011 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780547577319 0547577311 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2009048857 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Dut, Salva, 1974- --Juvenile fiction.<br/>Dut, Salva, 1974- --Fiction.<br/>Dut, Salva, 1974- --Fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Water for South Sudan, Inc.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Refugees--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Survival--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Water-supply--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Blacks--Sudan--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Children and war--Juvenile fiction.<br/>War stories--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Orphans--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Lost Boys of Sudan--Juvenile fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Sudan--History--Civil War, 1983-2005--Juvenile fiction.<br/>Sudan--Juvenile fiction.<br/>South Sudan--Juvenile fiction.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Authors' autographs (Provenance)--Park --2010.<br/>War fiction.<br/>Biographical fiction.