Dead end in Norvelt

Titre
Dead end in Norvelt

Jack. Gantos

Sommaire
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.

Date de publication comme intervalle
2011

Description matérielle
341 p. ; 22 cm.

Newbery medal winner, 2012.

Terme de vedette-matière
Old age -- Fiction.
 
Behavior -- Fiction.

Terme géographique
Norvelt (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
 
Norvelt (Pa.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction.

Résumé
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.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780374379933
 
9781250010230

Informations de publication
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, 2011.
 
New York : Square Fish/Farrar Straus Giroux, 2013.
 
©2011


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
HillcrestPB GANBook30552000297626Fiction