A long walk to water : based on a true story

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Park, Linda Sue
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English
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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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Black people
Black people -- Sudan -- Juveile fiction
Black people -- Sudan -- Juvenile fiction
Children's audiobooks
Dut, Salva
Dut, Salva, -- 1974- -- Juvenile fiction
History
Juvenile Fiction
Juvenile Literature
Refugees
Refugees -- Juvenile fiction
Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Juvenile fiction
Survival
Survival -- Juvenile fiction
Water
Water -- Juvenile fiction
Young adult fiction

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Contributors:
Bishop, Cynthia(Narrator),narrator
Dut, Salva,1974-narrator
Baker, David(Narrator),narrator
ISBN:
9781451733945
9781936223121
9780547251271
9780547577319
9780547532844
Accelerated Reader:
MG+
Level 5, 3 Points
Lexile measure:
720L

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Grouping LanguageEnglish (eng)
Last Grouping Update2025-05-08 22:18:22PM
Last Indexed2025-05-08 22:33:22PM

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Children's audiobooks
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Refugees -- Juvenile fiction
Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Juvenile fiction
Survival -- Juvenile fiction
Water -- Juvenile fiction
Young adult fiction
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Juvenile Fiction
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