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Dead end in Norvelt / Jack Gantos.
Van Pelt Library PZ7.G15334 Dd 2011
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LIBRA PZ7.G15334 Dd 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gantos, Jack.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Behavior--Fiction.
- Old age--Fiction.
- Older women.
- Neighbors.
- Norvelt (Pa.)--History--20th century--Fiction.
- Pennsylvania--Juvenile fiction.
- Pennsylvania.
- Boys--Juvenile fiction.
- Boys.
- Humorous stories.
- Summer--Juvenile fiction.
- Summer.
- City and town life--Juvenile fiction.
- City and town life.
- Neighbors--Juvenile fiction.
- Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
- Conduct of life.
- Older women--Juvenile fiction.
- Norvelt (Pa.)--History--20th century--Juvenile fiction.
- Norvelt (Pa.).
- Genre:
- Historical fiction.
- Autobiographical fiction.
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 341 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, [2011]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Newbery Medal winner, 2012.
- ISBN:
- 9780374379933
- 0374379939
- OCLC:
- 692290969
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