Away West

Scraps of Time: 1879, Away West is a 2006 book by Patricia McKissack about a farmboy, Everett Turner, who runs away and joins the Exodusters, travelling to Nicodemus, Kansas.

Reception

Away West has been reviewed by a number of journals including Booklist and the School Library Journal, that recommended it for developing readers, and Kirkus Reviews. It has been on school reading lists.