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341 p. : ill., map., ports.

Includes Dead end in Norvelt scrapbook.

Originally published: 2011.

Newbery Medal winner, 2012.

Winner of the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, 2012.

Summary: In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offences until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbour 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.
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