A long walk to water
based on a true story
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Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL23994223M
- ISBN-139780547251271
- OCLC Control Numberlongwalktowater0000park
- Library of Congress Control Number2009048857
Classifications
- DDC[Fic]
- LCCPZ7.P22115 Lo 2009
Description
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.
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WaterBlacksOrphansFictionHistoryRefugeesSurvivalWar storiesWater-supplyBlacks, fictionSurvival skillsWater -- FictionJuvenile fictionChildren and warSurvival, fictionRefugees, fictionChildren's fictionSurvival -- FictionRefugees -- FictionAfrica, east, fictionBlacks -- Sudan -- FictionDut, Salva, -- 1974?- -- FictionDut, Salva, -- 1974?- -- Juvenile fictionCivil War (Sudan : 1983- ) fast (OCoLC)fst01352323Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Fiction
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Salva Dut (1974?-)
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Genres
- Fiction
- Juvenile fiction
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