Dead end in Norvelt, Jack Gantos
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Dead end in Norvelt, Jack Gantos
Language
eng
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Index
no index present
Intended audience
920L, Lexile
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Dead end in Norvelt
Responsibility statement
Jack Gantos
resource.studyProgramName
Accelerated Reader, MG, 5.7, 12, 146010
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
Target audience
adolescent
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Subject
Content
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Outgoing Resources
- Creator1
- Genre2
- Subject10
- Content2
- Author1