A long walk to water
(Book - Regular Print)
Author
Published
Boston : Clarion Books, 2010.
Physical Desc
121 pages : color map ; 22 cm
Appears on list
Status
Beaver Creek School/Public Library - JFIC - Children's Area - Fiction
PARK
1 available
PARK
1 available
Black Canyon City Community Library - JFIC - Children's Area - Fiction
PARK
1 available
PARK
1 available
Clark Memorial Library - JFIC - Children's Area - Fiction
PARK
1 available
PARK
1 available
More Details
Published
Boston : Clarion Books, 2010.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
MG+
Level 5, 3 Points
Level 5, 3 Points
Lexile measure
720
Notes
General Note
"Based on a true story."
General Note
Includes "A message from Salva Dut, Rochester, New York, 2010" and "Author's note."
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.
Target Audience
Grades 6 & up.
Target Audience
720L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,Grades 5-8,5.0,3.0,Quiz 140710,English fiction.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,Grades 5-8,5.0,3.0,SD,Quiz 140710,English fiction.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,MG+,5.0,3.0,140710.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,Grades 5-8,5.0,3.0,Quiz 140710,English fiction.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,Grades 5-8,5,3,SD,Quiz 140710,English fiction.
Awards
Notable Social Studies Trade Books for Young People, 2011
Awards
Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2011
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Beaver Creek School/Public Library - JFIC - Children's Area - Fiction | PARK | Find It Now |
Black Canyon City Community Library - JFIC - Children's Area - Fiction | PARK | Find It Now |
Bradshaw Mountain Middle School - FIC - Available soon | PAR | Available Soon |
Clark Memorial Library - JFIC - Children's Area - Fiction | PARK | Find It Now |
Coyote Springs Elementary School - FIC - Fiction Books | PAR | Find It Now |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Black people -- Sudan -- Juvenile fiction.
Children and war -- Juvenile fiction.
Dut, Salva, -- 1974- -- Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
Refugees -- Juvenile fiction.
South Sudan -- Juvenile fiction.
Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Juvenile fiction.
Sudan -- Juvenile fiction.
Survival -- Juvenile fiction.
War fiction.
War stories -- Juvenile fiction.
Water-supply -- Juvenile fiction.
Children and war -- Juvenile fiction.
Dut, Salva, -- 1974- -- Juvenile fiction.
Historical fiction.
Orphans -- Juvenile fiction.
Refugees -- Juvenile fiction.
South Sudan -- Juvenile fiction.
Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Juvenile fiction.
Sudan -- Juvenile fiction.
Survival -- Juvenile fiction.
War fiction.
War stories -- Juvenile fiction.
Water-supply -- Juvenile fiction.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Park, L. S. (2010). A long walk to water . Clarion Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Park, Linda Sue. 2010. A Long Walk to Water. Clarion Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Park, Linda Sue. A Long Walk to Water Clarion Books, 2010.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Park, Linda Sue. A Long Walk to Water Clarion Books, 2010.
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