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      2000., Juvenile, Silver Whistle/Harcourt Call No: Young adult FIC LEVITIN    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Marcus and his classmates learn about the terrible problem of slavery in present-day Sudan and raise money to help buy the freedom of some of the slaves. Alternate chapters tell the stories of the slaves.
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      c2012., Adolescent, Marshall Cavendish Call No: Historical fiction FIC FARISH   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Follows Viola as she survives brutality in war-torn Sudan, makes a perilous journey, lives as a refugee in Egypt, and finally reaches Portland, Maine, where her quest for freedom and security is hampered by memories of past horrors and the traditions her mother and other Sudanese adults hold dear. Includes historical facts and a map of Sudan.
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      [2012], Adolescent, Skyscape Call No: [Fic]    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Follows Viola as she survives brutality in war-torn Sudan, makes a perilous journey, lives as a refugee in Egypt, and finally reaches Portland, Maine, where her quest for freedom and security is hampered by memories of past horrors and the traditions her mother and other Sudanese adults hold dear. Includes historical facts and a map of Sudan.
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      c2012., Adolescent, Marshall Cavendish Call No: Realistic FIC Farish   Edition: 1st ed.    Genre: Realistic,  Realistic Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Follows Viola as she survives brutality in war-torn Sudan, makes a perilous journey, lives as a refugee in Egypt, and finally reaches Portland, Maine, where her quest for freedom and security is hampered by memories of past horrors and the traditions her mother and other Sudanese adults hold dear. Includes historical facts and a map of Sudan.
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      [2012]., Juvenile, Skyscape Call No: REALISTIC F FAR    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Follows Viola as she survives brutality in war-torn Sudan, makes a perilous journey, lives as a refugee in Egypt, and finally reaches Portland, Maine, where her quest for freedom and security is hampered by memories of past horrors and the traditions hermother and other Sudanese adults hold dear. Includes historical facts and a map of Sudan.
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      c2012., Marshall Cavendish Call No: YOUNG ADULT   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Follows Viola as she survives brutality in war-torn Sudan, makes a perilous journey, lives as a refugee in Egypt, and finally reaches Portland, Maine, where her quest for freedom and security is hampered by memories of past horrors and the traditions her mother and other Sudanese adults hold dear. Includes historical facts and a map of Sudan.
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      c2012., Adolescent, Marshall Cavendish Call No: Teen Fiction   Edition: 1st ed.    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Follows Viola as she survives brutality in war-torn Sudan, makes a perilous journey, lives as a refugee in Egypt, and finally reaches Portland, Maine, where her quest for freedom and security is hampered by memories of past horrors and the traditions her mother and other Sudanese adults hold dear. Includes historical facts and a map of Sudan.
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      c2010., Adolescent, Red Deer Press Call No: HISTORICAL F COA    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: "Inspired by the real life experiences of a Sudanese boy, who, with thousands of others, fled for his life and spent months walking through deserts and crossing crocodile-infested rivers, only to spend years living in refugee camps. Many of these so-called Lost Boys of Sudan died from starvation, attacks by wild animals, and war, but many, like Jacob, survived. Through it all, Jacob is guided by the memory of his mother, and her belief in education as the key to escaping the cycle of violence." -- (p.4) of cover.
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      [2020]., General, Clarion Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Call No: Historical Fiction PAR    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: Una larga travesi?a hasta el agua, best-seller del New York Times, comienza como dos historias, que se van alternando, sobre dos nin?os de once an?os en Suda?n, una nin?a en 2008 y un nin?o en 1985. La nin?a, Nya, va a buscar agua a un estanque que esta? a dos horas de caminata desde su hogar; cada di?a, hace dos viajes hasta el estanque. El nin?o, Salva, se convierte en uno de los "nin?os perdidos" de Suda?n, refugiados que recorren a pie el continente africano en bu?squeda de sus familias y de un lugar seguro en el que vivir. Soportando todas las adversidades -la soledad, el ataque de rebeldes armados, el contacto con leones y cocodrilos asesinos-, Salva es un superviviente, y su historia se cruza con la historia de Nya de una manera sorprendente y movilizadora.
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      2021., Juvenile, Penguin Books Call No: Realistic Fic Abdel-Magied    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s)Click here to view Summary Note: Fourteen-year-old Layla can't wait for summer vacation, but her plans are disrupted when her grandmother falls ill and her family must go to Sudan to be with her. When they arrive, Layla has a hard time adjusting as it has been years since she was last in Sudan, and she begins to feel torn between the two cultures she belongs to. As political tensions in Sudan erupt, so too do tensions between Layla and her family.
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      2010., Pre-adolescent, Clarion Books Call No: [Fic]    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: 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.
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      2010., Full Cast Audio Call No: RB FIC PARK    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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      2010., Pre-adolescent, Clarion Books Call No: ELA FIC PAR    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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      2010., Pre-adolescent, Clarion Books Call No: ELA FIC PAR    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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      2010., Pre-adolescent, Clarion Books Call No: ELA FIC PAR    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.
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      2010., Pre-adolescent, Clarion Books Call No: ELA FIC PAR    Availability:1 of 1     At Location(s) Summary Note: 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.