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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.
2) Water dance
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Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
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Water speaks of its existence in such forms as storm clouds, mist, rainbows, and rivers. Includes factual information on the water cycle.
4) Water can be
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English
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"This picture book poetically explores the many things water can be--from home maker and ship breaker to cloud fluffer and fire snuffer. Backmatter provides additional explanations."--
5) Water boy
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Pub. Date
2007.
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.
6) Hey, frog!
Author
Pub. Date
[2002]
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
Series
Rotten School volume 8
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The Rotten School students try to get rid of Mr. Skruloose, an extremely strict teacher.
12) Amphibians' end
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Series
Kulipari novels volume 3
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English
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The Spider Queen is dead, but the powerful scorpion Lord Marmoo and his fearsome army are still a threat to the Amphibilands, especially as the Rainbow Serpent has told the frogs that they must lower the veil that protects them--so the young wood frog Darel and his friends must search the Outback for answers in the quest to bring peace and water to their land.
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Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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"Heather was a little girl...who always fell in the water. She didn't mean to do it. She didn't enjoy it. But she fell in the water nearly every day, and so her parents made her wear water wings all the time. Find out how Heather overcomes her fear in this warm and funny story from a much-loved team."--P. [4] of cover.
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"After a storm in her town, Vivi and her classmates volunteer to help clean up at the beach. When they arrive, the beach looks different from their last visit. Where did the sand dunes and tide pools go? Along with her classmates, Vivi learns about the forces of wind and water--and how those forces constantly change the world!"--
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2022.
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English
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Charlie, a boy with autism, describes what his life is like with his twin sister Callie, who does not have autism, and explains how water--whether in a pool, a tub, or in the aquarium--is like a warm hug, which settles him down and calms his mind, allowing him to focus and cope.
17) Agua, Aguita
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Pub. Date
[2017]
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Español
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"Describes--in English, Spanish, and Nahuat--the life cycle of water from the perspective of one drop"--
18) Stillicide
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Water is commodified. The Water Train that serves the city increasingly at risk of sabotage. As news breaks that construction of a gigantic Ice Dock will displace more people than first thought, protestors take to the streets and the lives of several individuals begin to interlock. A nurse on the brink of an affair. A boy who follows a stray dog out of the city. A woman who lies dying. And her husband, a marksman: a man forged by his past and fearful...
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[2021]
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English
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"East-coast novelist Patrick Hamlin has come to Hollywood with simple goals in mind: overseeing the production of a film adaptation of one of his books, preventing starlet Cassidy Carter's disruptive behavior from derailing said production, and turning this last-ditch effort at career resuscitation into the sort of success that will dazzle his wife and daughter back home. But California is not as he imagined: drought, wildfire, and corporate corruption...
20) Thirst
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
Description
"On a searing summer Friday, Eddie Chapman has been stuck for hours in a traffic jam. There are accidents along the highway, but ambulances and police are conspicuously absent. When he decides to abandon his car and run home, he sees that the trees along the edge of a stream have been burnt, and the water in the streambed is gone. Something has gone very wrong. When he arrives home, the power is out and there is no running water. The pipes everywhere,...
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