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Author Gantos, Jack.

Title Dead end in Norvelt / Jack Gantos.

Edition First edition.
Publication Info. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2011.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1499867~S1
Location Call No. Status
 Naper Blvd. Juvenile Fiction  J GANTOS    AVAILABLE
 Naper Blvd. Teen Fiction  TEEN GANTOS    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Juvenile Fiction  J GANTOS    DUE 04-28-24
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Description 341 pages ; 22 cm
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.
Audience 920L Lexile
Note 920L Lexile
Study Program Accelerated Reader MG 5.7 12 146010
Note Accelerated Reader MG 5.7 12 146010
Subject Conduct of life -- Fiction.
Behavior -- Fiction.
Old age -- Fiction.
Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction.
Old age -- Juvenile fiction.
Norvelt (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
Norvelt (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction.
Genre Young adult fiction.
ISBN 9780374379933 (hbk.)
0374379939 (hbk.)
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SRP 2012
SRP 2012 X
August 20 2012
SRP 2012 REVIEW: I listened to the audio and the author narrates it and is brilliant! This book was as good as the Newbery sticker says it is.
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