Away West
2006
First Published
3.75
Average Rating
121
Number of Pages
Part of Series
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.
Avg Rating
3.75
Number of Ratings
84
5 STARS
24%
4 STARS
37%
3 STARS
31%
2 STARS
7%
1 STARS
1%
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Author
Patricia C. McKissack
Author · 63 books
Patricia C. McKissack was the Newbery Honor, Coretta Scott King Award-winning author of The Dark-Thirty and Porch Lies an ALA Notable Book. She collaborated with Jerry Pinkney on Goin' Someplace Special (Coretta Scott King Award winner) and Mirandy and Brother Wind (Coretta Scott King Award winner and Caldecott Honor Book).
