Away west /
McKissack, Pat, 1944-
Away west / by Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Gordon C. James. - New York : Viking, 2006. - 121 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. - Scraps of time. .
In 1879, thirteen-year-old Everett Turner leaves a life of struggle on his family's farm and runs away to St. Louis, where he works in a livery stable before heading to the all-Black town of Nicodemus, Kansas.
0670060127
2005023315
African Americans--Fiction.
Brothers--Fiction.
Horses--Fiction.
Runaways--Juvenile fiction.
West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890--Fiction.
Away west / by Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Gordon C. James. - New York : Viking, 2006. - 121 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. - Scraps of time. .
In 1879, thirteen-year-old Everett Turner leaves a life of struggle on his family's farm and runs away to St. Louis, where he works in a livery stable before heading to the all-Black town of Nicodemus, Kansas.
0670060127
2005023315
African Americans--Fiction.
Brothers--Fiction.
Horses--Fiction.
Runaways--Juvenile fiction.
West (U.S.)--History--1860-1890--Fiction.