Dead end in Norvelt
INITIAL_TITLE_SRCH:
Dead end in Norvelt
AUTHOR:
Gantos, Jack
ISBN:
9780374379933
EDITION:
1st ed.
PUBLICATION_INFO:
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, c2011
PHYSICAL_DESC:
341 p. ; 21 cm
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.
SUBJECT:
| Behavior -- Juvenile fiction |
| Old age -- Juvenile fiction |
| Norvelt (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction |
BIBSUMMARY:
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.