A Long Walk to Water

by Linda Sue Park

Paperback, 2020

Status

Available

Call number

LP PAR

Barcode

0051002042A

Genres

Publication

Thorndike Striving Reader (2020), Edition: Large type / Large print, 221 pages

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.

Language

Original publication date

2010-11-15

Physical description

221 p.; 8.4 inches

Pages

221

ISBN

1432875922 / 9781432875923
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