Dead end in Norvelt
About this book
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.
Subjects
- award:newbery_award
- behavior
- behavior, fiction
- boys
- children
- children's fiction
- city and town life
- conduct of life
- death
- fiction
- history
- human behavior
- humorous stories
- intergenerational relations
- juvenile fiction
- neighbors
- newbery medal
- new york times bestseller
- nyt:chapter_books=2012-01-21
- obedience
- old age
- old age, fiction
- older women
- pennsylvania, fiction
- summer
- william allen white