When the devastation wrought by endless dust storms in 1930s Oklahoma makes orphans of Jack, his schoolmate Jane, and her brother Tony, they take the truck of a dead man and set out to find a new start.
Delacorte
September 2011
On Sale: September 13, 2011
Featuring: Jane; Jack Catcher; Tony
240 pages ISBN: 0385739311 EAN: 9780385739313 Kindle: B004J4X2Z8 Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
Jack Catcher's parents are deadโhis mom died of sickness and his dad of a broken heartโand he has to get out of Oklahoma, where dust storms have killed everything green, hopeful, or alive. When former classmate Jane and her little brother Tony show up in his yard with plans to steal a dead neighbor's car and make a break for Texas, Jack doesn't need much convincing.
But a run-in with one of the era's most notorious gangsters puts a crimp in Jane's plan, and soon the three kids are hitching the rails among hoboes, gangsters, and con men, racing to warn a carnival wrestler turned bank robber of the danger he faces and, in the process, find a new home for themselves.
This road trip adventure from the legendary Joe R. Lansdale is a thrilling and colorful ride through Depression-era America.
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