{"product_id":"dead-end-in-norvelt-9780374379933","title":"Dead End in Norvelt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDead End in Norvelt\u003c\/i\u003e is the winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal for the year's best contribution to children's literature and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMelding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, \u003ci\u003eDead End in Norvelt \u003c\/i\u003eis 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 feisty 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 launched 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/13\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780374379933\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.70w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott O Dell Award for Historical Fiction - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Newbery Medal - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens - Recommended\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Guardian Children's Fiction Prize - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Sequoyah Book Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e William Allen White Childens Book Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Pennsylvania Young Reader's Choice Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Volunteer State Book Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/25\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2011 pg. 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBulletin of Ctr for Child Bks\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHorn Book Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2011 pg. 85\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2011 pg. 154\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/13\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/07\/2011 pg. 40\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/10\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Best Children's Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2011 pg. 2118\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLJ Best Books of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2011 pg. 64\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2012 pg. 70 - Outstanding, Noteworthy In Style\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e146010 \/ Dead End in Norvelt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.7 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jack Gantos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42916868948149,"sku":"9780374379933","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d3a6fa6a-2f9e-42a4-bd46-369d1f7f1971.jpg?v=1687272570","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dead-end-in-norvelt-9780374379933","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}