Book
Dead End in Norvelt
by Jack Gantos
- Published
- 2012
- Genre
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus Giroux
- Pages
- 341
- Words
- 73597
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9858488-dead-end-in-norvelt?ac=1&from_search=true
Reading measures
- Accelerated Reader level
- 5.7
- AR interest level
- MG — middle grades, 4–8
- Lexile
- 920L
- Guided reading level
- Y
- Suggested reading age
- ages 11–13
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.
Collections
Newbery Award
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9780374379933
- ISBN-10
- 0374379939
Tags
Award Winners-Guardian Children's Fiction PrizeAward Winners-Newbery MedalAward Winners-Publishers Weekly Best BookAward Winners-Scott O'Dell AwardFamily Life-Growing OldRecommended Reading-Junior Library Guild-2011 Fall Jr./Sr. HighRecommended Reading-Junior Library Guild SelectionRecommended Reading-YALSA Best Fiction for Young AdultsUnited States-Pennsylvania