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Author:

Gantos, Jack.

Title:

Dead end in Norvelt / Jack Gantos.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Farrar Straus Giroux,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

341 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Boys--Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
Older women--Juvenile fiction.
Norvelt (Pa.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
Boys--Fiction.
Behavior--Fiction.
Older women--Fiction.
Norvelt (Pa.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Autobiographical fiction.

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.

ISBN:

0374379939 (hbk.)
9780374379933 (hbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)692290969

LCCN:

2010054009

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