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Dead end in Norvelt / Jack Gantos.

Gantos, Jack. (Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0374379939
  • ISBN: 9780374379933
  • Physical Description: 341 pages ; 21 cm.
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, [2011]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Series information from FantasticFiction.
Target Audience Note:
920L Lexile.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader Middle Grades 5.7 12.0
Awards Note:
Newbery Medal winner, 2012.

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Subject: Behavior > Fiction.
Old age > Juvenile fiction.
Norvelt (Pa.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Pennsylvania > Juvenile fiction.
Boys > Juvenile fiction.
Humorous stories.
Summer > Juvenile fiction.
City and town life > Juvenile fiction.
Neighbors > Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life > Juvenile fiction.
Older women > Juvenile fiction.
Genre: Historical fiction.
Autobiographical fiction.

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Available copies

  • 25 of 25 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 3 of 3 copies available at Union County Public Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Cook Memorial Library - La Grande .

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  • 0 current holds with 25 total copies.
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