01638cam a2200361 4500 546474132 TxAuBib 20120507120000.0 110223s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2010054009 9780374379933 hbk. 0374379939 hbk. DLC DLC TxAuBib Gantos, Jack. Dead End in Norvelt / Jack Gantos. 1st ed. New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2011. 341 p. ; 22 cm. 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. Accelerated Reader 146010 -- MG -- BL 5.7 -- PTs 12.0. 20120507. NEWBERY MEDAL 2012 - WINNER. Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction: Winner -- 2012. Behavior Juvenile fiction. Old age Juvenile fiction. Boys Conduct of life Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction: Winner -- 2012. Humorous stories. Norvelt (Pennsylvania) History 20th century Fiction. Juvenile works. Historical fiction. TXGAI