English language
Published Jan. 3, 2011 by Farrar Straus Giroux.
Dead end in Norvelt
by Jean Little
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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.
Subjects
- Fiction
- Old age
- Behavior
- History
Places
- Norvelt (Pa.)