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Dead end in Norvelt / Jack Gantos.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Square Fish, 2013.; �2011Edition: 1st Square Fish edDescription: 341 p. : ill., maps ; 19 cmISBN:
  • 1250010233
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • [Fic] 23
LOC classification:
  • PZ7.G15334 Dd 2013
Awards:
  • Newbery Medal/Honor, 2012
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.
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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.

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5-8 Follett School Solutions.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.7 12.0 146010 NBEV.

Newbery Medal/Honor, 2012