Gantos, Jack.

Dead end in Norvelt / Jack Gantos. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, c2011. - 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.

ISBN: 9780374379933

LCCN: 2010054009

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Behavior--Fiction.
Old age--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Norvelt (Pa.)--History--20th century--Fiction.

LC Class. No.: PZ7.G15334 / Dd 2011

Dewey Class. No.: [Fic]