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All The Earth, Thrown To The Sky (2011)

by Joe R. Lansdale(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0385739311 (ISBN13: 9780385739313)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Delacorte Books for Young Readers

review 1: Even though this was a book written for teens, I still enjoyed it, as I do anything and everything from Mr. Lansdale. It's a nice little story about some kids with nowhere to go but forward, and how they get there is truly an adventure. My only minor complaint about the book is that, in true Lansdale fashion, there is very little description in the details. And while I'm fine with that, being a 40-something adult who has seen enough to be able to visualize the clothing, cars and towns of The Great Depression, I would imagine that many teens may not be able to. And for that minor fact, I would have liked to have seen just a bit more detail than normal. Still a recommended read if you'd like to pull your teens out of the Hunger Games/Divergent fantasy worlds for a brief... more glimpse of the real world.
review 2: Your on you own with both of your parents dead. You don't have a plan on what to do until a former classmate, Jane Lewis and her younger brother Tony show up in your front yard with the idea to steal their dead neighbors car and ditch their town. "All the Earth Thrown to the Sky" by Joe R. Lansdale, is an engaging novel for young adults. This story throws twists and turns at you in the most unexpected times throughout the book that kept me reading for hours and hours. Jack Catcher, one of the main characters, is on his own. This book takes place in the dust bowl era, so due to many dust storms his Mother Died of the nasty sickness pneumonia, and his Father of a broken heart- and he wants to get out of Oklahoma, we're everything green and hopeful is gone. In order for that to happen, Jack needed a plan. But when former classmate Jane Lewis and her little brother Tony comes wondering upon jacks house with a devious plan to steal their dead neighbors car, he no longer has to think one up himself. It didn't take much for jack to go along with their plan but they needed to figure out exactly how they were gonna do it. The only obstacle in their plan that stuck out like a sore thumb, was the thought of having to backtrack to janes neighbors house in a climate that was drier than dust itself. With only one jug of water and a couple containers of food, they had to conserve their supplies that they so scarcely had.Immediately after they took their trip back to Jane and Tonys house, the kids started planning out where exactly they wanted to go. Jack had remembered his parents once telling him that California was a place that was beyond a better way to live life. By that they meant absolutely no dust storms and certainly a slimmer chance of getting ill. In all of this planning Jack started feeling very strongly about Jane. He cared about her more, and started noticing all the beauty about her. He was afraid of falling for Jane because he felt as If they were on a mission to escape Oklahoma, not a romantic journey. In all of Jack's thoughts of him and Jane, they happened to have a little run in with the most notorious gangsters in town. They picked up the information that they were on there way to kill a former member of their "group." After almost risking their lives, they finally escaped from being held hostage. In all of the commotion from their escape, the kids set off to warn the man about his former gangster members coming to kill him. Without giving away what happens after they inform him about the gangsters coming to kill him, could tell you that they make it a lot farther away from Oklahoma then they intended. Did they make it to California or not? (read the book to find out!) Joe R. Lansdale wrote a very detailed book about three very courageous kids who never gave up on what they had dreamed of and planned. It was also a novel of young love growing throughout a long journey. In the end, Jack and Jane May or May not end up having young love and spending many days together while raising Tony. I would strongly encourage anybody who is looking for a book not only about adventure, but a book about love and sacrifices that could change ones life forever. less

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