Jed And The Junkyard War by Steven Bohls

After receiving a cryptic message from his missing mother, a twelve-year-old boy follows a trail into a secret realm built from mountains of discarded junk, where scavenger crews and crafty inventors wage high-stakes rivalries. Navigating scrapyard seas and perilous mechanical mazes with a band of oddball allies and cobbled-together gadgets, he races to rescue his family and uncover startling truths about his past—discovering courage, ingenuity, and the cost of a looming junkyard war.

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