i love this book. at first it seems boring but as you get deeper and deeper you can't put it down.
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Dead End in Norvelt (Norvelt Series)
By Jack Gantos
Interest Level | Reading Level | Reading A-Z | ATOS | Word Count |
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Grades 4 - 8 | Grades 10 - 8 | Y | 5.7 | 73597 |
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 down when he is "grounded for life" by his feuding parents, and whose nose spews bad blood at every little shock he gets. But plenty of excitement (and shocks) are coming Jack's way once his mom loans him out to help a fiesty old neighbor with a most unusual chore―typewriting obituaries filled with stories about the people who founded his utopian town. As one obituary leads to another, Jack is launced on a strange adventure involving molten wax, Eleanor Roosevelt, twisted promises, a homemade airplane, Girl Scout cookies, a man on a trike, a dancing plague, voices from the past, Hells Angels . . . and possibly murder. Endlessly surprising, this sly, sharp-edged narrative is the author at his very best, making readers laugh out loud at the most unexpected things in a dead-funny depiction of growing up in a slightly off-kilter place where the past is present, the present is confusing, and the future is completely up in the air.
Book Reviews (46)
Dead End In Norvelt by Jack Gantos was a thrilling story. It all starts when Jack Gantos gets grounded for the whole summer. He is forced to go to his neighbor's, Miss Volker, house and help her type up obituaries. But as old ladies start dropping like flies, an expected dull summer, turns into a thrilling mystery. Full of twists and turns, Jack Gantos bases the book off his own life. Anybody who is up for a breathtaking mystery should read this amazing book. I can't wait for the next book!
This book was so funny to me because I remember a lot of the events Mr. Gantos talks about. For example, drive in movies and a neighbor who was always needing help.
this book is amasing and funny
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I think this book is good because you never know what is going to happen and I just really like Jack Gantos
So far this book is pretty funny, it is interesting because it is set in the past in a small town. The main character,Jack, shares about books he is reading, as well as odd people in his daily life.