Description:"Calling to mind such widely disparate writers as Mark Twain, Andre Norton and Peter Dickinson, Stevermer paints a realistic ruin of society." --Publishers WeeklyThe award-winning author of the Scholarly Magic series delivers the thrilling adventure of a crew of young kids working their way through a post-apocalyptic world on a steamboat they call home . . .No one knows for sure what caused the Flash. They just know that nothing has been the same since. Cities have been destroyed by pestilence, riots, and fires. The paddleboat River Rat, once a museum, was turned into an orphanage. But a dangerous storm forced the children to flee with the boat to safer waters, making it theirs for good.Since then, Tomcat, Toby, Esteban, Lindy, Spike, and Jake have traveled, bartered, and performed their way up and down the Mississippi River. One rule that has served them no passengers. But after watching a man on shore being pursued by a vicious pack of locals, the group has no choice but to save him.At every stop, the boat is met by the man's tireless hunters. They want what the fugitive the location of a bunker filled with guns. A currency more valuable than gold . . . and one that the crew of the River Rat might well pay for--with their lives."An unusual, compelling futuristic novel . . . wry, sharp, lively, and perceptive." --The Horn Book (starred review)"Too good to miss." --BooklistAn ALA Best Book for Young Adults A New York Public Library Book for the Teen AgeWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with River Rats. To get started finding River Rats, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: "Calling to mind such widely disparate writers as Mark Twain, Andre Norton and Peter Dickinson, Stevermer paints a realistic ruin of society." --Publishers WeeklyThe award-winning author of the Scholarly Magic series delivers the thrilling adventure of a crew of young kids working their way through a post-apocalyptic world on a steamboat they call home . . .No one knows for sure what caused the Flash. They just know that nothing has been the same since. Cities have been destroyed by pestilence, riots, and fires. The paddleboat River Rat, once a museum, was turned into an orphanage. But a dangerous storm forced the children to flee with the boat to safer waters, making it theirs for good.Since then, Tomcat, Toby, Esteban, Lindy, Spike, and Jake have traveled, bartered, and performed their way up and down the Mississippi River. One rule that has served them no passengers. But after watching a man on shore being pursued by a vicious pack of locals, the group has no choice but to save him.At every stop, the boat is met by the man's tireless hunters. They want what the fugitive the location of a bunker filled with guns. A currency more valuable than gold . . . and one that the crew of the River Rat might well pay for--with their lives."An unusual, compelling futuristic novel . . . wry, sharp, lively, and perceptive." --The Horn Book (starred review)"Too good to miss." --BooklistAn ALA Best Book for Young Adults A New York Public Library Book for the Teen AgeWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with River Rats. To get started finding River Rats, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.