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Format:
Book
Title:
A long walk to water : a novel
ISBN:
9780547251271

9780547577319

9781451733945
Publication:
Boston : Clarion Books, 2010.
Physical Description:
122 pages : color map ; 22 cm
General Note:
"Based on a true story."

Includes "A message from Salva Dut, Rochester, New York, 2010" and "Author's note."
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.
Reading Level:
Grades 6 & up.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader AR. MG 5.0 3.0 140710.

Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 5 3 Quiz 140710 English fiction.
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