num_pages: 223
description: Thirteen-year-old Rob McKinley's world is falling apart. His mother has died and his father is drinking heavily. Rob's barely coping with the support of his friend, Katie. They live on the edge of a north Florida swamp sprinkled with half-breed Seminole moon shiners. Rob and Katie are stunned when they stumble across respectable community citizens behind a local moonshine distribution ring. Luke, the murderous half-breed supplier, learns of their discovery and Rob and Katie have to flee across the deadly swamp. They finally make their way to an isolated switching yard in search of an engineer friend of Rob's who has taught him about trains. Suddenly, they realize the 'shiner has tracked them down and is coming in for the kill. Their only escape is to steal a train.
language: English
title: Moonshine Express: With a History of Moonshine Today and Yesterday
titlecomplete: Moonshine Express: With a History of Moonshine Today and Yesterday
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Four Seasons Publishers