Dead End in Norvelt

English

ISBN: 0374379939

EAN: 9780374379933

Category: Juvenile Fiction / Family / Multigenerational/Juvenile Fiction / Social Issues / General/Juvenile Fiction / General/Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / United States / General/

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux

Release Date: 01/19/2012

Age Range: 10-14

Synopsis: Dead End in Norveltis the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the years best contribution to childrens literature and the Scott ODell Award for Historical Fiction! Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norveltis 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 Jacks 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 utopiantown. As one obituary leads to another, Jack is launced 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.

Awards: American Library Association Notable Books for Children – null  Guardian Childrens Fiction Prize – null  Newbery Medal – null  Publishers Weekly Best Childrens Books – null  Scott ODell Historical Fiction Award – null  Volunteer State Book Award – null  Wyoming Indian Paintbrush Book Award – null 

Dead End in Norvelt

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Hardcover

Height: 0.12 inches

Width: 5.95 inches

Length: 8.6 inches

Weight: 16.58 oz

Pages: 352