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Dead End in Norvelt: (Newbery Medal Winner)

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Availability:In StockContributor:Jack GantosSeries:Norvelt #1Audience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2011-09-13Pages:352
Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)ISBN-13:9780374379933ISBN-10:374379939UPC:9780374379933Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Humorous Stories, Historical, Social ThemesBook Topic:United States, New ExperienceAward:2012 Scott O Dell Award for Historical Fiction Winner - Historical Fiction Award|2012 Newbery Medal Winner - Children's Award|2012 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens Recommended - Ten to Fourteen Award|2012 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Finalist - Children's Fiction Award|2014 Sequoyah Book Awards Nominee - Intermediate Award|2014 William Allen White Childens Book Award Nominee - Grades 6-8 Award|2014 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee - Grades 6-8 Award|Volunteer State Book Awards Nominee - Middle School AwardSize:8.30 x 5.70 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCD7ZWKHPM

Dead End in Norvelt is the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the year's best contribution to children's literature and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction!

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 feisty 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.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)ISBN-13:9780374379933ISBN-10:374379939UPC:9780374379933Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Humorous Stories, Historical, Social ThemesBook Topic:United States, New ExperienceAward:2012 Scott O Dell Award for Historical Fiction Winner - Historical Fiction Award|2012 Newbery Medal Winner - Children's Award|2012 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens Recommended - Ten to Fourteen Award|2012 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Finalist - Children's Fiction Award|2014 Sequoyah Book Awards Nominee - Intermediate Award|2014 William Allen White Childens Book Award Nominee - Grades 6-8 Award|2014 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee - Grades 6-8 Award|Volunteer State Book Awards Nominee - Middle School AwardSize:8.30 x 5.70 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCD7ZWKHPM
Jack Gantos has written books for people of all ages, from picture books and middle-grade fiction to novels for young adults and adults. His works include Hole in My Life, a memoir that won the Michael L. Printz and Robert F. Sibert Honors; the Joey Pigza series, which include a Newbery Honor book and a National Book Award Finalist; Dead End in Norvelt, winner of the Newbery Medal and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction; and the Rotten Ralph series.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)

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🏆 2012 Scott O Dell Award for Historical Fiction Winner - Historical Fiction Award|2012 Newbery Medal Winner - Children's Award|2012 Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens Recommended - Ten to Fourteen Award|2012 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize Finalist - Children's Fiction Award|2014 Sequoyah Book Awards Nominee - Intermediate Award|2014 William Allen White Childens Book Award Nominee - Grades 6-8 Award|2014 Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award Nominee - Grades 6-8 Award|Volunteer State Book Awards Nominee - Middle School Award

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