01575cam a2200373 i 4500 296006376 TxAuBib 20110317120000.0 091228s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2009048857 9780547251271 0547251270 eng rda TxAuBib rda Park, Linda Sue. A long walk to water [BOOK] / a novel by Linda Sue Park. Boston : Clarion Books, 2010. 121 pages : map ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Based on a true story.". 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. 010 up. 720L Lexile. 20211105. Dut, Salva 1974- Juvenile fiction. Blacks Sudan Juvenile fiction. Survival Juvenile fiction. Refugees Juvenile fiction. Water Juvenile fiction. Sudan History Civil War, 1983-2005 Juvenile fiction. War fiction for children. Biographical fiction for children.