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Dead end in norvelt is an easy read and interesting enough to keep you reading i finished it in little less than three days. So dont be scared off by talk of giant tricycles and eleanor roosevelt. Its the summer of 1962, and jacks vacation is ruined when his mom grounds him for the entire summer. In the historic town of norvelt, pennsylvania, twelveyearold 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 gantos, jack. Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, dead end in norvelt is the story of an incredible two months for a boy named jack gantos, whose plans for vacation adventure are suddenly ruined when he is grounded by his feuding parents for what seems like forever. Dead end in norvelt is a novel by jack gantos, published in 2011. Dead end in norvelt dayton metro library overdrive. Dead end in norvelt is absolutely hilarious, and i feel it was a deserving winner of the newbery medal. He also suffers from instant nose bleeds whenever he is excited or nervous, which makes getting away with anything nearly impossible.
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