Cover of Will's Race for Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes

SSYRA 6–8 · Grades 6–8

Will's Race for Home

by Jewell Parker Rhodes

In 1889, young Black teenager Will and his father race thousands of others across rough terrain to claim free land in Oklahoma in the post-Emancipation land rush.

Pages
208
Program
SSYRA 6–8 (Grades 6–8)
List Year
2026-2027

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