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Format:
Book
Title:
Dead end in Norvelt
ISBN:
9780374379933

9781451759068

9781250010230

9780329926212
Edition:
First edition
Publication:
New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, [2011]
Physical Description:
341 pages ; 21 cm
Series title(s):
Number in series:
BK. 1.
General Note:
Sequel: From Norvelt to nowhere.
Summary:
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.
Reading Level:
Middle School.

920L Lexile
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader 5.7.

Reading Counts 6-8 6.4 18.

Accelerated Reader AR MG 5.7 12.0 146010.

Reading Counts RC 920 6.4 18.0 Q55036.

Reading Counts RC 6-8 6.4 18 Quiz: 55036.
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