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Wills Race for Home Audiobook, by Jewell Parker Rhodes Play Audiobook Sample

Will's Race for Home Audiobook

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Read By: Christopher Hampton Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 2.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 2.13 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: January 2025 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781668647417

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

41

Longest Chapter Length:

20:30 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

21 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

06:19 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

15

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Publisher Description

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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About Jewell Parker Rhodes

Jewell Parker Rhodes is the author of six adult novels, two writing guides, and seven books for youth. She has won the American Book Award, the Black Caucus of the American Library Award for Literary Excellence, and the Jane Addams Peace Association Book Award. She is the founding artistic director of the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing and the narrative studies professor and Virginia G. Piper Endowed Chair at Arizona State University. She was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Carnegie-Mellon University