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Name: Will's Race for Home : a Western
Author: Rhodes, Jewell Parker
ISBN: [978-0-316-29933-6,0-316-29933-2]

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Will's Race for Home : a Western

Author: Rhodes, Jewell Parker

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Follett Number: 2117RGX
Audience: Upper Elementary
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, 2025
Format: 196 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
ISBN-13: 978-0-316-29933-6
ISBN-10: 0-316-29933-2
LCCN: 2024-039654
Dewey: -Fic-
Classifications: Fiction

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African Americans Fiction

Fathers and Sons Fiction

Frontier and Pioneer Life Fiction

Historical Fiction

Oklahoma History Fiction

Western Fiction

During the land rush of 1889, African American Will and his father journey from Texas to Oklahoma, racing thousands of others to stake their claim.

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A New York Times bestseller! ? "Rhodes deftly captures a unique aspect of this historical event, with a perspective that is often under-represented in historical fiction. A poignant and honest look at the trials of racism that defined the historic land rush; a must-buy." -School Library Journal, starred review Bestselling and award-winning author Jewell Parker Rhodes goes West in this thrilling adventure story about a son and his father who set out to win land during the Oklahoma Land Rush-if they can survive the journey. 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 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?

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