Dead end in Norvelt /
Jack Gantos.
- First Square Fish Edition: May 2013
- New York : Square Fish. 2013
- 341 pages. ; 21 cm.
Sequel: From Norvelt to nowhere.
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.
920 Lexile U Raz-Plus
9781250010230
Behavior--Fiction. Old age--Fiction. Humorous stories.