Dead end in Norvelt

Jack Gantos

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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.
Author/Creator:: Gantos, Jack
Languages:: English
Language Notes:: Item content: English
Main Work:: Dead end in Norvelt [by Gantos, J.]
Subjects:: Conduct of life — Juvenile fiction
Old age — Juvenile fiction
Norvelt (Pa.) — Juvenile fiction
Conduct of life
Old age
Pennsylvania — Norvelt
Genres:: Juvenile works
Fiction
General Notes:: Newbery Medal, 2012
Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, 2012
Audience:: Preteens
Children
Physical Description:: 341 pages ; 21 cm
Call Numbers:: JFic G211de
ISBNs:: 9780374379933
0374379939
Library of Congress Control Numbers:: 2010054009
OCLC Numbers:: 692290969

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