Will's race for home : a western / Jewell Parker Rhodes ; illustrations by Olga and Aleksey Ivanov.
How far would you go to find home? It's 1889, barely twenty-five years after the Emancipation Proclamation, and a young Black family is tired of working as sharecroppers on land they don't get to own. So when Will and his father hear about an upcoming land rush, they set out on a journey from Texas to Oklahoma, racing thousands of others to the place where land is free - if they can get to it fast enough. But the journey isn't easy - the terrain is rough, the bandits are brutal, and every interaction carries a heavy undercurrent of danger. And then there's the stranger they encounter and befriend: a mysterious soldier named Caesar, whose Union emblem brings more attention - and trouble - then any of them need. All three are propelled by the promise of something long denied to them: freedom, land ownership, and a place to call home - but is a strong will enough to get them there?
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316299336
- Physical Description: 196 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2025.
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Subject: | Fathers and sons > Juvenile fiction. Frontier and pioneer life > Juvenile fiction. African Americans > Juvenile fiction. Oklahoma > History > Juvenile fiction. |
Genre: | Historical fiction. Western fiction. |
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- 1 of 2 copies available at Somerset County Federated Library System. (Show)
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Meyersdale Public Library | J FIC RHODES (Text) | 30512005428527 | MEYM Juvenile | Available | - |