River Rats - Softcover

Stevermer, C.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 015201411X ISBN 13: 9780152014117

Publisher: Harcourt Publishers Group (Australia) Pty.Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

A paddle wheeler cruises up the Mississippi, delivering mail and hosting an occasional concert. A scene straight out of the nineteenth century? Not quite. This Mississippi is a toxic brown river. And the paddle wheeler is run by the River Rats, a troop of orphans who survived the Flash--a nuclear holocaust. What were once huge cities are now plague-ridden ruins, haunted by gangs of savage children. And the concerts the Rats play are post-apocalyptic rock and roll, a music as rough and ragged as the musicians who perform it. When the Rats rescue a stranger from the river, suddenly all the troubles of the old world threaten to end their travels forever. “This adventure is too good to miss.”--Booklist

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Review

"Too good to miss."--"Booklist"
"An unusual, compelling futuristic novel . . . wry, sharp, lively, and perceptive."--"The Horn Book" (starred review)
"Too good to miss."--"Booklist"

"An unusual, compelling futuristic novel . . . wry, sharp, lively, and perceptive."--"The Horn Book" (starred review)
"Too good to miss."--Booklist
"An unusual, compelling futuristic novel . . . wry, sharp, lively, and perceptive."--The Horn Book (starred review)

Synopsis

Nearly twenty years after the holocaust called the Flash has destroyed modern civilization, Tomcat and a group of other orphans face danger as they steer an old steamboat over the toxic waters of the Mississippi River.

Edition details

• Publisher: Harcourt Publishers Group (Australia) Pty.Ltd
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 015201411X
• ISBN 13: 9780152014117
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 305