Bibliograph

A long walk to water, a novel, by Linda Sue Park

Type

Label

A long walk to water, a novel, by Linda Sue Park

Language

eng

Illustrations

maps

Index

no index present

resource.interestGradeLevel

Grades 6 & up

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

A long walk to water

Oclc number

495597182

resource.references

School Library Journal starred, November 2010Book Links (A.L.A.), January 2011Booklist starred, September 2010Library Media Connection starred, January 2011Pub Weekly, October 2010Horn Book, May 2011Bulletin (Center for Children's books), December 2010Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), December 2010Kirkus Review, October 2010

Responsibility statement

by Linda Sue Park

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader AR., MG, 5.0, 3.0, 140710.Accelerated Reader, Grades 5-8, 5, 3, SD, Quiz 140710, English fiction.

Sub title

a novel

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

Target audience

pre adolescent

Creator