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Subject: obscure 80's kid's book
Category: Arts and Entertainment > Books and Literature
Asked by: lmesk-ga
List Price: $5.00
Posted: 03 Sep 2004 03:56 PDT
Expires: 03 Oct 2004 03:56 PDT
Question ID: 396321
I am trying to find the name of an 80's children?s book. It was a
series of books about a teenage dirt bike (motorcycle) gang in a
post-apocalyptic world. NOT Mad Max or Akira or anything mainstream,
more obscure. I remember one book in the series they came across a
city that was destroyed and glass was everywhere, and I think glass
might have been in the sub-title. I thought it was called "dirt bike
cowboys" or something like that, but that's not right.
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Subject: Re: obscure 80's kid's book
Answered By: juggler-ga on 03 Sep 2004 13:33 PDT
Rated:5 out of 5 stars
 
Hello.

You're thinking of the "Turbo Cowboys" series by Tony Phillips.

See this description of the first book in the series:

"A teenage "Mad Max" story in post-apocalyptic America...
...Batt, Raider, Tech and J.J. are 4 post apocalyptic survivors who
were born inside a Government Relocation Camp...
...A trader of sorts, he bargains with the kids: Raider, who learned
how to be a mechanic in the Relo camp will fix the unused motor dirt
bikes in the garage of the hotel and as payment the Cowboys each get a
motor bike."
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345351215/

As you mentioned, one of the books is about a "City of Glass"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345359259/

Some of the other books:

"Full Throttle"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345351231/

"Spark Fire"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345351258/

"Super Charge"
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0345351266/

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search strategy:
city glass cowboys
amazon.com, "turbo cowboys"

I hope this helps.
lmesk-ga rated this answer:5 out of 5 stars and gave an additional tip of: $1.00
That was amazing. Exactly right and very quick. I looked for that for
weeks with no luck, and I know what I'm doing. Thank you jugglr-ga,
and thank you Google Answers. Reading this book and flashing back to
my youth will bring me great joy!

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Subject: Re: obscure 80's kid's book
From: juggler-ga on 05 Sep 2004 11:31 PDT
 
Thank you for the tip.
-juggler

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