A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story

by Linda Sue Park

Paperback, 2011

Status

Checked out
Due 2024-07-16

Call number

813.6

Collection

Publication

Clarion Books (2011), Edition: Reprint, 128 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.

Awards

Nebraska Golden Sower Award (Nominee — 2013)
Young Hoosier Book Award (Nominee — Middle Grade — 2013)
Audie Award (Finalist — 2014)
Triple Crown Awards (Nominee — 2013)
Kentucky Bluegrass Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2012)
Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2013)
Sasquatch Book Award (Nominee — 2013)
Nutmeg Book Award (Nominee — Teen — 2013)
Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (Nominee — Grades 6-8 — 2013)
Nēnē Award (Nominee — 2013)
Iowa Children's Choice Award (Nominee — 2014)
Virginia Readers' Choice (Nominee — Middle School — 2014)
Black-Eyed Susan Book Award (Nominee — Grades 4-6 — 2012)
Flicker Tale Award (Nominee — Juvenile Books — 2012)
Volunteer State Book Award (Nominee — Middle School — 2013)
Maud Hart Lovelace Award (Nominee — 2013)

Language

Original language

English

Original publication date

2010-11-15

Physical description

128 p.; 7.62 x 0.39 inches

ISBN

0547577311 / 9780547577319

UPC

718496509203
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