# Will’s Race for Home (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)

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- Authors: [Jewell Parker Rhodes](https://www.bookquiver.com/jewell-parker-rhodes)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2025-02-06

## Description

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 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?

## Editions

### Will’s Race for Home (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)

- Publisher: little_brown_young_readers_us
- ISBN: 978-03-1629-943-5
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2026-05-28
- Language: en_GB

### Will’s Race for Home (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)

- Publisher: little_brown_young_readers_us
- ISBN: 978-03-1629-933-6
- Pages: 1
- Published: 2025-02-06
- Language: en_GB