The Resource Dead end in Norvelt, Jack Gantos
Dead end in Norvelt, Jack Gantos
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- p.
- Isbn
- 9780374379933
- Label
- Dead end in Norvelt
- Title
- Dead end in Norvelt
- Statement of responsibility
- Jack Gantos
- Language
- eng
- 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
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- Title
- Dead end in Norvelt
- 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
- Award
-
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2011
- Library Journal Best Books 2011
- Newbery Medal, 2012.
- Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, 2012.
- YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2012
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10005081
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PZ7.G15334
- LC item number
- Dd 2011
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 920
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 5
- 8
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- True
- Series statement
- Norvelt books
- Series volume
- 0001
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/titleStatement
- Jack Gantos
- Label
- Dead end in Norvelt, Jack Gantos
- Related Subjects
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- Old age -- Fiction.
- Preteen boys
- Small towns -- Pennsylvania
- Twelve-year-old boys
- Death
- Autobiographical fiction
- Pennsylvania -- History -- 20th century
- Norvelt (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
- Norvelt, Pennsylvania -- History -- 20th century
- Boys and senior women
- Summer
- Behavior -- Fiction.
- Control code
- ocn692290969
- http://library.link/vocab/cover_art
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- Dimensions
- cm.
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- {'DOVER': 'https://librarycatalog.dover.nh.gov/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=68563'}
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- p.
- Isbn
- 9780374379933
- Lccn
- 2010054009
Subject
- Behavior -- Fiction.
- Hell's Angels
- Norvelt (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.
- Old age -- Fiction.
- Autobiographical fiction
- Boys and senior women
- Death
- Norvelt, Pennsylvania -- History -- 20th century
- Pennsylvania -- History -- 20th century
- Preteen boys
- Small towns -- Pennsylvania
- Summer
- Twelve-year-old boys
Genre
Member of
- ALA Notable Children's Books - Older Readers Category: 2012
- Humor : Fiction for Grades 3-5
- Library Journal Best YA Lit for Adults
- Newbery Medal
- Read-Alouds for Grades 6-8
- Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults: 2012
- Norvelt books
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Awards
Awards of Dead end in Norvelt, Jack Gantos- Award
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2011
- Award
- Library Journal Best Books 2011
- Award
- Newbery Medal, 2012.
- Award
- Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, 2012.
- Award
- YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2012
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