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Dead end in Norvelt / Jack Gantos.

Author/creator Gantos, Jack
Format Book and Print
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Farrar Straus Giroux, ©2011.
Description341 pages ; 21 cm
Subject(s)
Abstract 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.
Local noteLittle-357193--305131059802.
Awards noteNewbery Medal winner, 2012.
Genre/formHistorical fiction.
Genre/formAutobiographical fiction.
LCCN 2010054009
ISBN9780374379933
ISBN0374379939

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