Winner · Newbery Medal 2012
Dead End in Norvelt
by Jack Gantos
book by Jack Gantos
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.
Synopsis from Open Library.
- Language
- English
- Genre
- children's fiction
- Pages
- 341
- ISBN
- 9780374379933
- Subjects
- History, New York Times bestseller, nyt:chapter_books=2012-01-21, Old age, Behavior, Fiction, Conduct of life, Juvenile fiction
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