Dead End in Norvelt
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2011.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 341 pages ; 22 cm
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.
Subjects:
Boys -- Teen fiction.
Conduct of life -- Teen Fiction.
Older women -- Teen fiction.
Norvelt (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century -- Teen fiction.
Boys -- Teen fiction.
Conduct of life -- Teen Fiction.
Older women -- Teen fiction.
Norvelt (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century -- Teen fiction.
Target Audience: 920L
ISBN:
9780374379933 (hbk.)
Availability | |||
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C Gantos | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Fiction | In |
C Gantos | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Fiction | In |
C Gantos | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Fiction | In |
C Gantos | Ballentine Indoors | Children's Fiction | In |
C Gantos | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Children's Fiction | Out (Due: 5/13/2024) |
C Gantos | Northeast Indoors | Children's Fiction | Out (Due: 5/16/2024) |
C Gantos | Southeast | Children's Fiction | In |
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John Newbery Medal, 2012.