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 dead—his mom died of sickness and
his dad of a broken heart—and 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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