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Away west / by Patricia C. McKissack ; illustrated by Gordon C. James.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Scraps of timePublication details: New York : Viking, 2006.Description: 121 p. : ill. ; 19 cmISBN:
  • 0670060127
Subject(s): Summary: 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.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Vol info Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's First Chapter Book McKissack, Pat 2 Available 33111004893919
Total holds: 0

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This second novel in the saga of one black family's past recounts a young Southern boy's dream of heading west to a new life, and the way in which he learns the deeper meaning of the medal that his father earned during the Civil War. Illustrations.

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.

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