Dead end in Norvelt, Jack Gantos
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Label
Dead end in Norvelt, Jack Gantos
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Dead end in Norvelt
Oclc number
812068855
Responsibility statement
Jack Gantos
Summary
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
Target audience
pre adolescent
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Genre
Subject
- Obedience -- Juvenile fiction
- Relations entre générations -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Autobiographical fiction
- Novels
- Enfants + Mort -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Fiction
- Morale pratique -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Historical fiction
- Humorous stories
- Juvenile works
- Boys + Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Behavior -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Old age -- Juvenile fiction
- Children + Death -- Juvenile fiction
- Garçons + Morale pratique -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Fiction
- Intergenerational relations -- Juvenile fiction
- Norvelt (Pa.)
- novels
- Humorous stories -- Juvenile
- Norvelt (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Newbery Medal: Winner -- 2012
- Norvelt (Pa.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Old age -- Fiction
- Autobiographical fiction
- Obéissance -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Romans
- Vieillesse -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction: Winner -- 2012
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Outgoing Resources
- Creator1
- Genre9
- Subject31
- Obedience -- Juvenile fiction
- Relations entre générations -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Autobiographical fiction
- Novels
- Enfants + Mort -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Fiction
- Morale pratique -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Historical fiction
- Humorous stories
- Juvenile works
- Boys + Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Behavior -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Old age -- Juvenile fiction
- Children + Death -- Juvenile fiction
- Garçons + Morale pratique -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Fiction
- Intergenerational relations -- Juvenile fiction
- Norvelt (Pa.)
- novels
- Humorous stories -- Juvenile
- Norvelt (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Newbery Medal: Winner -- 2012
- Norvelt (Pa.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Old age -- Fiction
- Autobiographical fiction
- Obéissance -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Romans
- Vieillesse -- Romans, nouvelles, etc. pour la jeunesse
- Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction: Winner -- 2012
- Content1
- Author1
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