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Dead End in Norvelt

Dead End in Norvelt( )
Author: Gantos, Jack
Read by: Gantos, Jack
Series title:Norvelt Ser.
ISBN:978-1-4272-1356-3
Publication Date:Sep 2011
Publisher:Macmillan Audio
Book Format:CD-Audio
List Price:USD $29.99
Book Description:

From an awardwinning author, the riotously funny story of a boy's hometown misadventures. Dead End in Norvelt 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!   Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, Dead End in Norvelt is a novel about an incredible two months for a kid named Jack Gantos, whose plans for vacation excitement are shot...
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Book Details
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Fiction / General
Juvenile Fiction / Family / Multigenerational
Juvenile Fiction / Places / United States
Juvenile Fiction / Social Themes / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.64 x 5.89 x 0.66 Inches
Book Weight:0.374 Pounds
Author Biography
Gantos, Jack (Author)
Jack Gantos was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania on July 2, 1951. He received a BFA and a MA from Emerson College. While in college, he and an illustrator friend, Nicole Rubel, began working on picture books. After a series of rejections, they published their first book, Rotten Ralph, in 1976. His other books include Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, a National Book Award Finalist, Joey Pigza Loses Control, a Newbery Honor book, and Dead End in Norvelt, which won the 2012 Newbery Medal. His memoir, Hole in My Life, won the Michael L. Printz and Robert F. Sibert Honors. Jack's follow-up to Hole in My Life is The Trouble in Me He also teaches courses in children's book writing and children's literature. He dev.eloped the master's degree program in children's book writing at Emerson College and the Vermont College M.F.A. program for children's book writers.

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