Dead end in Norvelt
By: Jack Gantos
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar Straus Giroux
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780374379933
Subjects: Fiction; Old age; Behavior; History
Description: 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.