Dead end in Norvelt

Gantos, Jack (Author). Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. (Publisher). R.R. Donnelley and Sons Company. (Printer).

Summary: In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses.

Item details

ISBN: 9780374379933
ISBN: 0374379939
ISBN: 9781451759068
ISBN: 9781250010230 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
341 p. ; 21 cm.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2011
Badges:
- Top Circs: 1 / 5.0
- Most Copies: 4 / 5.0

Contents / Notes

Awards Note:

Newbery Medal winner, 2012.

Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, 2012.

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Subject:

Boys Conduct of life Juvenile fiction
Conduct of life Juvenile fiction
Old age Juvenile fiction
Obedience Juvenile fiction
Children Death Juvenile fiction
Intergenerational relations Juvenile fiction
Norvelt (Pa.) Juvenile fiction
Old age Fiction
Behavior Fiction
Norvelt (Pa.) History 20th century Fiction
Human behavior Fiction
Old age Fiction
Norvelt (Pa.) History Fiction

Genre:

Humorous stories -- Juvenile.
Historical fiction.
Autobiographical fiction.
Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction: Winner -- 2012.
Newbery Medal: Winner -- 2012.
Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2011.

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