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Dead end in Norvelt

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Publication Type:

Book

Authors:

Gantos,Jack

Source:

Farrar Straus Giroux, Volume 1st, New York, p.341 (2011)

Call Number:

Cubb Curr PS3557 .A5197 D43 2011

URL:

http://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/9570056

Keywords:

Autobiographical fiction, Behavior--Fiction, Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction, Historical fiction, Human behavior--Fiction, Humorous stories--Juvenile, Norvelt (Pa.)--History--20th century--Fiction, Norvelt (Pa.)--History--Fiction, Norvelt (Pa.)--Juvenile fiction, Old age--Fiction, Old age--Juvenile fiction

Abstract:

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.

Publication Language:

eng

Notes:

Awards: Newbery Medal winner, 2012; Awards: Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, 2012 ; Lexile measure 920; Ages 8-14 ; Comedy and humor