The Resource Dead end in Norvelt, Jack Gantos
Dead end in Norvelt, Jack Gantos
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Resource Information
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Dead end in Norvelt
- Title
- Dead end in Norvelt
- Statement of responsibility
- Jack Gantos
- Subject
-
- Children -- Death -- Juvenile fiction
- truePreteen boys
- Behavior -- Fiction
- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- trueSmall towns -- Pennsylvania
- trueTwelve-year-old boys
- trueDeath
- trueHell's Angels
- trueAutobiographical fiction
- Human behavior -- Fiction
- Norvelt (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Old age -- Juvenile fiction
- truePennsylvania -- History -- 20th century
- Obedience -- Juvenile fiction
- Newbery Medal: Winner -- 2012
- Old age -- Fiction
- Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2011
- Intergenerational relations -- Juvenile fiction
- Old age -- Fiction
- Norvelt (Pa.) -- History -- Fiction
- Norvelt (Pa.) -- Juvenile fiction
- Humorous stories -- Juvenile
- Boys -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- trueNorvelt, Pennsylvania -- History -- 20th century
- trueBoys and senior women
- Historical fiction
- Autobiographical fiction
- trueSummer
- Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction: Winner -- 2012
- true1960s -- 1960 -- 1969
- Language
- eng
- 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
- 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
- Award
-
- Booklist Editors’ Choice: Books for Youth, 2011
- Library Journal Best Books 2011
- Newbery Medal, 2012.
- Scott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award, 2012.
- YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults, 2012
- Awards note
-
- Newbery Medal winner, 2012.
- Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, 2012.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10005081
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PZ7.G15334
- LC item number
- Dd 2011
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/lexile
- 920
- Literary form
- novels
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel
-
- 5
- 8
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- Series statement
- Norvelt books
- Series volume
- 0001
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Dead end in Norvelt, Jack Gantos
- Control code
- 5522999
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 341 p.
- Isbn
- 9781250010230
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2010054009
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn692290969
- (OCoLC)692290969
- Label
- Dead end in Norvelt, Jack Gantos
- Control code
- 5522999
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Extent
- 341 p.
- Isbn
- 9781250010230
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Lccn
- 2010054009
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn692290969
- (OCoLC)692290969
Subject
- true1960s -- 1960 -- 1969
- trueAutobiographical fiction
- Autobiographical fiction
- Behavior -- Fiction
- Boys -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- trueBoys and senior women
- Children -- Death -- Juvenile fiction
- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- trueDeath
- Dust jackets (Bindings) -- 2011
- trueHell's Angels
- Historical fiction
- Human behavior -- Fiction
- Humorous stories -- Juvenile
- Intergenerational relations -- Juvenile fiction
- Newbery Medal: Winner -- 2012
- Norvelt (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Norvelt (Pa.) -- History -- Fiction
- Norvelt (Pa.) -- Juvenile fiction
- trueNorvelt, Pennsylvania -- History -- 20th century
- Obedience -- Juvenile fiction
- Old age -- Fiction
- Old age -- Fiction
- Old age -- Juvenile fiction
- truePennsylvania -- History -- 20th century
- truePreteen boys
- Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction: Winner -- 2012
- trueSmall towns -- Pennsylvania
- trueSummer
- trueTwelve-year-old boys
Genre
- trueAutobiographical fiction
- Dust jackets (Bindings)
- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHumorous stories
- Juvenile fiction
- Newbery Medal: Winner
- Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction: Winner
Member of
Included in
- trueALA Notable Children's Books - Older Readers Category: 2012
- trueHumor : Fiction for Grades 3-5
- trueLibrary Journal Best YA Lit for Adults
- trueNewbery Medal
- trueRead-Alouds for Grades 6-8
- trueScott O'Dell Historical Fiction Award
- trueYALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults: 2012
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