A Long Walk to Water( Linda Sue Park)

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.

Year

2010

Language

English

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Editions

23

Reader rating

4.5 / 5 (23)

Pages

128

ISBN

9780547532844

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