Displaying 1 of 1 2011 Title: Dead end in Norvelt Author: Gantos, Jack. Edition: First edition. Format: Book Publisher, Date: New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2011. Description: 341 pages ; 22 cm 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. Audience: 920L Lexile Subjects: Behavior -- Fiction. Old age -- Juvenile fiction. Norvelt (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century -- Juvenile fiction. Glencoe (Ill.) -- Junior high fiction. Glencoe (Ill.) -- Junior high fiction. Genre: Young adult fiction. Historical fiction. Reading Level: Accelerated Reader 5.7. ISBN 9780374379933 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1