{"product_id":"from-norvelt-to-nowhere-9781250062789","title":"From Norvelt to Nowhere","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis rocket-paced follow-up to the Newbery Medal-winning novel \u003ci\u003eDead End in Norvelt\u003c\/i\u003e opens deep in the shadow of the Cuban missile crisis. But instead of Russian warheads, other kinds of trouble are raining down on young Jack Gantos and his utopian town of Norvelt in western Pennsylvania. After an explosion, a new crime by an old murderer, and the sad passing of the town's founder, twelve-year-old Jack will soon find himself launched on a mission that takes him hundreds of miles away, escorting his slightly mental elderly mentor, Miss Volker, on her relentless pursuit of the oddest of outlaws. But as their trip turns south in more ways than one, it's increasingly clear that the farther from home they travel, the more off-the-wall Jack and Miss Volker's adventure becomes, in \u003ci\u003eFrom Norvelt to Nowhere\u003c\/i\u003e, a raucous road novel about roots and revenge, a last chance at love, and the power of a remarkable friendship. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e Best Children's Book of 2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Square Fish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250062789\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.20w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e161694 \/ From Norvelt to Nowhere\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jack Gantos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43150297301173,"sku":"9781250062789","price":8.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_97f75609-8913-4215-905c-43a80332f609.jpg?v=1696345558","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/from-norvelt-to-nowhere-9781250062789","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}