Title:
Dead end in Norvelt / Jack Gantos.
Author:
Gantos, Jack, author.
Publication Information:
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, [2011]
Call Number:
PZ7 .G15334 DD 2011
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.
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Program Information:
Accelerated Reader 5.7.
Reading Counts 6-8 6.4 18.
Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.7 12.0 146010.
Reading Counts RC 920 6.4 18.0 Q55036.
Reading Counts RC 6-8 6.4 18 Quiz: 55036.
Edition:
First edition
Local Note:
Newbery Medal
ISBN:
9780374379933
9781451759068
9781250010230
9780329926212
Series:
Norvelt ; bk. 1
Norvelt novel ; bk. 1.
Physical Description:
341 pages ; 21 cm
General Note:
Sequel: From Norvelt to nowhere.
Subject Term:
Personal Author:
Reading Level:
Middle School.
920L Lexile
Subject:
Lexile Measure:
920
