A New York Times Bestseller
A Coretta Scott King Honor Author
A Jane Addams Children's Book Award-Winning Author
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 terrain is rough and the bandits are brutal. And then there's the stranger they encounter and befriend: a mysterious Union soldier named Caesar. 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?