A long walk to water : based on a true story Source:Clarion
Books, Boston ; New York, p.121 (2010) Call Number:Cubb Curr
PS3566 .A6739 L66 2010 Keywords:1974- --Juvenile fiction,
1983-2005--Juvenile fiction, Blacks--Sudan--Fiction, Dut, Dut,
Salva, 1974- --Fiction, Refugees--Fiction, Refugees--Sudan--
Juvenile fiction, Salva, Sudan--History--Civil War, Sudan--
History--Civil War, 1983-2005--Fiction, Survival--Fiction, Water
--Fiction, Water--Juvenile fiction 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. Lexile measure 720; Book level 5; Ages 9-14