Dead End in Norvelt (Hardcover)

Dead End in Norvelt Book Description

Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, "Dead End in Norvelt "is 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 Jack's 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 utopian town. 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. ""Dead End in Norvelt"" is a Publishers Weekly Best Children's Fiction title for 2011. One of "Horn Book"'s Best Fiction Books of 2011.

About the Author :

Jack Gantos has contributed to Dead End in Norvelt as an author. Jack Gantos is the celebrated author of "Joey Pigza Loses Control, " a Newbery Honor Book. He is also the author of the popular picture books about Rotten Ralph, and "Jack's Black Book, " the latest in his acclaimed series of semi-autobiographical story collections featuring his alter ego, Jack Henry. Mr. Gantos lives with his wife and daughter in Boston, Massachusetts.

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