A long walk to water : based on a true story
(Large Print)
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Published
Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
ISBN
9781432875916, 1432875914, 9781432875923, 1432875923
Lexile measure
720L
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Downers Grove Public Library - 1st Floor - Kids | J FICTION PARK, L.S. | On Shelf |
Downers Grove Public Library - 1st Floor - Kids | J FICTION PARK, L.S. | On Shelf |
Subjects
LC Subjects
Blacks -- Sudan -- Juvenile fiction.
Children and war -- Juvenile fiction.
Dut, Salva, -- 1974- -- Juvenile 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.
Water-supply -- Juvenile fiction.
Children and war -- Juvenile fiction.
Dut, Salva, -- 1974- -- Juvenile 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.
Water-supply -- Juvenile fiction.
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Published
Waterville, ME : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
Format
Large Print
Physical Desc
223 pages (large print) : map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9781432875916, 1432875914, 9781432875923, 1432875923
Accelerated Reader
MG+
Level 5, 3 Points
Level 5, 3 Points
Lexile measure
720
Notes
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.
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LARGE PRINT
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Park, L. S. (2020). A long walk to water: based on a true story (Large print edition.). Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Park, Linda Sue. 2020. A Long Walk to Water: Based On a True Story. Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Park, Linda Sue. A Long Walk to Water: Based On a True Story Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Park, Linda Sue. A Long Walk to Water: Based On a True Story Large print edition., Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, 2020.
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