TY - BOOK AU - Gantos,Jack TI - Dead end in Norvelt SN - 9780374379933 (trade) AV - PZ7.G15334 Dd 2011 U1 - [Fic] 23 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Farrar Straus Giroux KW - Human behavior KW - Juvenile fiction KW - Old age KW - Behavior KW - Fiction KW - sears KW - Newbery medal winner KW - Norvelt (Pa.) KW - History KW - 20th century N1 - Wilson's Children, October 2012; Wilson's Junior High School, October 2012; Notable/Best Books (A.L.A.), January 2012; School Library Journal, September 2011; Horn Book Starred, September 2011; Pub Weekly, July 2011; Kirkus Starred, August 2011; Horn Book, April 2012; Library Media Connection, November 2011; Wilson's Children; Wilson's Junior High School; Newbery Medal/Honor; 6.0; Follett Library Resources; 5-8; Follett Library Resources N2 - 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 ER -