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.
- ISBN10 0547251270
- ISBN13 9780547251271
- Publish Date 15 November 2010 (first published 1 January 2010)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Clarion Books
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 128
- Language English