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Will's race for home a western

It's 1889, barely twenty-five years after the Emancipation Proclamation, and a young Black family is tired of working 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...

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Main Author: Rhodes, Jewell Parker (Author)
Other Authors: Ivanov, O. (Olga) (Illustrator), Ivanov, A. (Aleksey) (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2025.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Fathers and sons > Juvenile fiction.
Frontier and pioneer life > Juvenile fiction.
African Americans > Juvenile fiction.
Oklahoma > History > Land Rush, 1889 > Juvenile fiction.
Western fiction > Juvenile.
Historical fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:It's 1889, barely twenty-five years after the Emancipation Proclamation, and a young Black family is tired of working 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 a mysterious soldier named Caesar, whose Union emblem brings more attention-and more trouble-than any of them need. All three are propelled by the promise of something long denied to freedom, land ownership, and a place to call home-but is a strong will enough to get them there?
Physical Description:196 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Audience:Ages 8-12.
ISBN:9780316299336
0316299332
Author Notes:Jewell Parker Rhodes is an award-winning author. Her books include Voodoo Dreams, Magic City, Douglass' Women, Season, Moon, Hurricane, and the children's book, Ninth Ward. She is also the author of the writing guides Free Within Ourselves: Fiction Lessons for Black Authors and The African American Guide to Writing and Publishing Nonfiction.

Her work has been published in Germany, Italy, Canada, Turkey, and the United Kingdom and reproduced in audio and for NPR's "Selected Shorts." Rhodes honors include: the American Book Award, the National Endowment of the Arts Award in Fiction, the Black Caucus of the American Library Award for Literary Excellence, the PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Award for Outstanding Writing, and two Arizona Book Awards.

Rhodes is the Virginia G. Piper Chair in Creative Writing and Artistic Director of Piper Global Engagement at Arizona State University.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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