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Dead end in Norvelt

Author

Gantos, Jack.

Title

Dead end in Norvelt / Jack Gantos.

Format

Book

Edition

1st ed.

Published

New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2011.

Description

341 p. ; 21 cm.

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.

Awards

Newbery Medal winner, 2012. Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, 2012.

Subject headings

Boys--Juvenile fiction. 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. Older women--Juvenile fiction. Norvelt (Pa.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.

Genre heading

Historical fiction. Autobiographical fiction.

ISBN

9780374379933 0374379939