A review by allmyfriendsareinbooks
The Freedom Race by Lucinda Roy

I think Nikki Giovanni’s blurb from the book sums it up best.

“Every now and then a work come along that makes you wonder whether you are reading or dreaming. And you’re not sure it matters which.”

The Freedom Race is a speculative fiction novel that takes place in a future after the second US Civil War, the Sequel. Ji-ji Lottermule is one of many on a plantation in Virginia. She is hoping to win The Freedom Race so she and those closest to her can be free—if she can make it to the City if Dreams. However, there are supernatural factors at play that may derail those plans.

TW: There are very graphic descriptions of life on the plantation, including punishments, in this book.