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All the Earth Thrown to the Sky
All the Earth, Thrown to the Sky
All the Earth Thrown to the Sky
Joe R. Lansdale
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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  • Fiction

Age Level: 

  • 12 and up
All the Earth Thrown to the Sky review by BOrt1011_Tucson
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The story, All the Earth Thrown to the Sky by Joe R. Lansdale, takes place in the 1930's when dust-storms and The Great Depression were major threats to society. Jack Catcher is the main character. His mother dies because dust filled her lungs and causes a dirty pneumonia. On the same day, Jack leaves the hospital after the death of his mother, and he finds his father has committed suicide. Alone with nowhere to go he stays home; one day a girl named Jane and her brother Tyler visit Jack. They came up with a plan to steal a dead neighbor's car and leave Oklahoma.

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