Dead end in Norvelt / Jack Gantos.
2011
PZ7.G15334 Dd 2011 (Mapit)
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Title
Dead end in Norvelt / Jack Gantos.
Author
Edition
1st ed.
ISBN
9780374379933
0374379939
0374379939
Publication Details
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, c2011.
Language
English
Description
341 p. ; 22 cm.
Call Number
PZ7.G15334 Dd 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification
[Fic]
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, 2012.
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