Will's race for home : a western
Jewell Parker Rhodes (Author)
"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 share-croppers 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, and 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 more trouble--than 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?"-- Front flap of dust jacket
Print Book, English, 2025
First edition
Little, Brown and Company, New York, 2025