Will's Race For Home by Jewell Parker Rhodes

 

COMING SOON to Angling Road's Library!!!

It's 1889 , barely 25 years after the Emancipation Proclamation, and a young black family is tired of working as share-croppers on land they don't get to own. Will and his father set out on a journey from Texas to Oklahoma, racing 1000s of others to the place where land is free - if they can get there fast enough. 

Ms. Arnold ~ This book started out slow for me, but then got SO good that I couldn't put it down! It became very fast paced and exciting!

Big Tree by Brian Selznick

 Big Tree by Brian Selznick

Don't let the thickness of this book scare  you - it's a novel in pictures and words so many pages are all pictures!!! "Hello, stars. I thought I heard you calling me." A mysterious voice has been speaking to Louise in her dreams. She and her brother Merwin are Sycamore seeds, who hope one day to set down roots and become big trees. 

This is a fantastic novel told in words and pictures. The two main characters are seeds, which makes this book very unique! A must read! Ms. Arnold