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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
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Formats
Description
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.
3) The storm
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Ruby's fight for survival continues in a post-apocalyptic world where the rain is deadly.
5) H2O
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Fire
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
When a strange rain falls bearing a fatal, contagious disease, Ruby finds herself alone with the only drinkable water quickly running out.
7) D.W. all wet
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 1.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
D.W. bosses her brother Arthur into carrying her on his shoulders at the beach because she maintains that she hates the water, until she gets a big wet surprise.
8) Hey, frog!
Author
Publisher
Front Street
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
On a very hot day, the animals are roaring mad when a frog drinks up all of the water on the savannah, but each animal has an idea of how to get the water back.
Author
Publisher
Orchard Books
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Residents of a Sudanese village rejoice when a traditional water storage method is replaced by modern technology, but Fatima's grandmother knows there is no substitute for the reliability of the baobab tree.
10) Water dance
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 1.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Water speaks of its existence in such forms as storm clouds, mist, rainbows, and rivers. Includes factual information on the water cycle.
11) Water boy
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Fascinated by the fact that humans are made mostly of water, a boy develops an unusual relationship with it once he stops being afraid.
12) We need water
Author
Series
Publisher
Picture Window Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Illustrations and simple rhyming text show the importance of water to children and every living thing.
Author
Publisher
North-South Books
Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A young girl celebrates our most precious natural resource, describes the sources of water and its importance to all living things, and expresses her gratitude for this gift of nature.
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2023.
Language
English
Description
When the Wind disappears, young windling Aria and her best friend gryphling friend Gwyn embark on a quest to bring them back, but when all the natural elements begin to vanish one by one, Aria realizes that there is a darker mischief at play.
Author
Publisher
Sandpiper/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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CSL - Woman Authors
CSL - Identity, Social Justice, and EDI
CSL - Shorter book club reads
CSL - Woman Authors
Description
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 a 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.
Author
Series
Beyond the ruby veil volume 1
Publisher
Hyperion
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
"After Emanuela Ragno kills the one person in Occhia who can create water, she must find a way to save her city from dying of thirst"--
20) Wet
Author
Series
Publisher
Blue Manatee Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Explores the uses of water, including bathing, drinking, and swimming.