All the Earth, Thrown to the Sky - Hardcover

Lansdale, Joe R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385739311 ISBN 13: 9780385739313

Publisher: Delacorte Pr, 2011

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Product Description:

All the Earth, Thrown to the Sky Award-winning author Lansdale delivers a gripping, funny, dark historical road trip through Dust Bowl Oklahoma and Depression-era Texas in this thrilling and colorful adventure.

About the Author:

Joe R. Lansdale is the author of more than a dozen novels for adults, including five Hap and Leonard novels, as well as Sunset and Sawdust and Lost Echoes. He has received the British Fantasy Award, the American Mystery Award, the Edgar Award, the Grinzane Cavour Prize, and seven Bram Stoker Awards. He lives with his family in Nacogdoches, Texas. All the Earth, Thrown to the Sky is his first novel for young adults.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Pr
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0385739311
• ISBN 13: 9780385739313
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 227