Dead end in Norvelt
Jack Gantos
- Resource Type:
- Book (Print/Paper)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Publication:
- New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, [2011]
- Copyright:
- ©2011
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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.
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- Languages:
- English
- Language Notes:
- Item content: English
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- 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