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Dead end in Norvelt / Jack Gantos. |
| Authors: | Gantos, Jack. |
| Call number: | jFIC GAN |
| Publisher: | New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2011. |
| Publication date: | 2011. |
| Subject: |
Boys -- Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction. Older women -- Juvenile fiction. Indianapolis Room Collection (IMCPL) Norvelt (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Title: | Dead end in Norvelt / Jack Gantos. |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Physical description: | 341 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Summary note: | 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. |
| Awards note: | Newbery Medal winner, 2012 |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. Autobiographical fiction. |
| ISBN: | 9780374379933 (hbk.) 0374379939 (hbk.) 9780329926212 (Follett) |
| LCCN: | 2010054009 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1318716 |
| Bib No.: | 1318716 |