Will’s Race for Home (Coretta Scott King Author Award Winner)
- Author Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Narrator Christopher Hampton
- Publisher Hachette Audio for Young Listeners
- Publish Date 14 January 2025
- Run Time 4 hours and 19 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ponies and horses.
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What to expect
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?
| Author | Jewell Parker Rhodes |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Christopher Hampton |
| Duration | 4 hours and 19 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781668647417 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Hachette Audio for Young Listeners |
| Genre | Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: General fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Ponies and horses |
| Availability | US |
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