The Resource A long walk to water : based on a true story, Linda Sue Park, (text large print)
A long walk to water : based on a true story, Linda Sue Park, (text large print)
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Resource Information
The item A long walk to water : based on a true story, Linda Sue Park, (text large print) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 223 pages (large print)
- Note
- Includes "A message from Salva Dut, Rochester, New York, 2010" and an author's note
- Isbn
- 9781432875916
- Label
- A long walk to water : based on a true story
- Title
- A long walk to water
- Title remainder
- based on a true story
- Statement of responsibility
- Linda Sue Park
- Subject
-
- Dut, Salva, 1974- -- Juvenile fiction
- Large type books -- 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 -- Juvenile fiction
- Water-supply -- Juvenile fiction
- Blacks -- Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- Children and war -- Juvenile fiction
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- HCO
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Park, Linda Sue
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- Series statement
- Thorndike Press large print striving reader collection
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Dut, Salva
- Refugees
- Survival
- Water-supply
- Blacks
- Sudan
- Children and war
- Orphans
- Sudan
- South Sudan
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- A long walk to water : based on a true story, Linda Sue Park, (text large print)
- Note
- Includes "A message from Salva Dut, Rochester, New York, 2010" and an author's note
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 223 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432875916
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- LARGE PRINT EDITION.
- Other physical details
- map
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
-
- on1141865693
- (OCoLC)1141865693
- Label
- A long walk to water : based on a true story, Linda Sue Park, (text large print)
- Note
- Includes "A message from Salva Dut, Rochester, New York, 2010" and an author's note
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 23 cm.
- Edition
- Large print edition.
- Extent
- 223 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9781432875916
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- LARGE PRINT EDITION.
- Other physical details
- map
- Specific material designation
- large print
- System control number
-
- on1141865693
- (OCoLC)1141865693
Subject
- Dut, Salva, 1974- -- Juvenile fiction
- Large type books -- 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 -- Juvenile fiction
- Water-supply -- Juvenile fiction
- Blacks -- Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
- Children and war -- Juvenile fiction
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Member of
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- trueAfrica South of the Sahara : Fiction for Grades 6-8
- trueClassic Realistic Fiction (Teens)
- trueJane Addams Children's Book Awards: Books for Older Children
- trueNotable Books for a Global Society: 2011
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