Dead end in Norvelt, Jack Gantos
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Dead end in Norvelt, Jack Gantos
Language
eng
Index
no index present
resource.interestAgeLevel
Ages 10-14
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Dead end in Norvelt
Oclc number
692290969
Responsibility statement
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
Target audience
pre adolescent
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- Historical fiction -- Juvenile fiction
- Older women -- Juvenile fiction
- Small town life -- Juvenile fiction
- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Gantos, Jack -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction
- Autobiographical fiction -- Juvenile fiction
- Boys -- Juvenile fiction
- Norvelt (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Behavior -- Juvenile fiction
- Death -- Juvenile fiction
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- Creator1
- Genre2
- Subject10
- Historical fiction -- Juvenile fiction
- Older women -- Juvenile fiction
- Small town life -- Juvenile fiction
- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Gantos, Jack -- Childhood and youth -- Juvenile fiction
- Autobiographical fiction -- Juvenile fiction
- Boys -- Juvenile fiction
- Norvelt (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Behavior -- Juvenile fiction
- Death -- Juvenile fiction
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- Author1
- Is Part Of1
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