Dead End in Norvelt (2012)
2012 Newbery Award Medal Winner
Item #:
23-10082
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$19.99
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Winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal
Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt is a novel about an incredible two months for a kid named Jack Gantos, whose plans for vacation excitement are shot down when he is grounded for life by his feuding parents, and whose nose spews bad blood at every little shock he gets. But plenty of excitement (and shocks) are coming Jack's way once his mom loans him out to help a fiesty old neighbor with a most unusual chore: typewriting obituaries filled with stories about the people who founded his utopian town. As one obituary leads to another, Jack is launched on a strange adventure involving molten wax, Eleanor Roosevelt, twisted promises, a homemade airplane, Girl Scout cookies, a man on a trike, a dancing plague, voices from the past, Hells Angels… and possibly murder.
Endlessly surprising, this sly, sharp-edged narrative is the author at his very best, making readers laugh out loud at the most unexpected things in a dead-funny depiction of growing up in a slightly off-kilter place where the past is present, the present is confusing, and the future is completely up in the air.
Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt is a novel about an incredible two months for a kid named Jack Gantos, whose plans for vacation excitement are shot down when he is grounded for life by his feuding parents, and whose nose spews bad blood at every little shock he gets. But plenty of excitement (and shocks) are coming Jack's way once his mom loans him out to help a fiesty old neighbor with a most unusual chore: typewriting obituaries filled with stories about the people who founded his utopian town. As one obituary leads to another, Jack is launched on a strange adventure involving molten wax, Eleanor Roosevelt, twisted promises, a homemade airplane, Girl Scout cookies, a man on a trike, a dancing plague, voices from the past, Hells Angels… and possibly murder.
Endlessly surprising, this sly, sharp-edged narrative is the author at his very best, making readers laugh out loud at the most unexpected things in a dead-funny depiction of growing up in a slightly off-kilter place where the past is present, the present is confusing, and the future is completely up in the air.
Specifications
ISBN: 9780374379933
Grade Level: 5-9
Age Range: 10-14
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 352
Publish Year: 2011
Publisher/Imprint: MPS/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Awards: American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults, American Library Association Notable Children’s Books, YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts, Newbery Medal Book, Junior Library Guild Selection, Kiddo Award Nominee, Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction Winner, Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens, Maine Student Book Award Master List, Horn Book Fanfare, Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year, Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of the Year, Washington Post Best Children’s Book of the Year
Author: Jack Gantos
Book Dimensions: 8-1/4 in.H x 5-1/2 in.W
Grade Level: 5-9
Age Range: 10-14
Format: Hardcover
Page Count: 352
Publish Year: 2011
Publisher/Imprint: MPS/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Awards: American Library Association Best Books for Young Adults, American Library Association Notable Children’s Books, YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, NCTE Notable Children’s Books in the Language Arts, Newbery Medal Book, Junior Library Guild Selection, Kiddo Award Nominee, Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction Winner, Capitol Choices Noteworthy Titles for Children and Teens, Maine Student Book Award Master List, Horn Book Fanfare, Kirkus Reviews Best Books of the Year, Publishers Weekly Best Children’s Book of the Year, Washington Post Best Children’s Book of the Year
Author: Jack Gantos
Book Dimensions: 8-1/4 in.H x 5-1/2 in.W