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From Norvelt to nowhere

After an explosion, a new crime by an old murderer, and the sad passing of the founder of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack accompanies his slightly mental elderly mentor, Miss Volker, on a cross-country run as she pursues the oddest of outlaws.

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Main Author: Gantos, Jack
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Friendship > Juvenile fiction.
Old age > Juvenile fiction.
Norvelt (Pa.) > History > 20th century > Juvenile fiction.
Mystery fiction > Juvenile.
Humorous fiction > Juvenile.
Historical fiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:After an explosion, a new crime by an old murderer, and the sad passing of the founder of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack accompanies his slightly mental elderly mentor, Miss Volker, on a cross-country run as she pursues the oddest of outlaws.
Item Description:Sequel to: Dead end in Norvelt
Physical Description:278 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN:9780374379940 (hbk.)
0374379947 (hbk.)
Author Notes:Jack Gantos was born in Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania on July 2, 1951. He received a BFA and a MA from Emerson College. While in college, he and an illustrator friend, Nicole Rubel, began working on picture books. After a series of rejections, they published their first book, Rotten Ralph, in 1976. His other books include Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key, a National Book Award Finalist, Joey Pigza Loses Control, a Newbery Honor book, and Dead End in Norvelt, which won the 2012 Newbery Medal. His memoir, Hole in My Life, won the Michael L. Printz and Robert F. Sibert Honors. Jack's follow-up to Hole in My Life is The Trouble in Me He also teaches courses in children's book writing and children's literature. He dev.eloped the master's degree program in children's book writing at Emerson College and the Vermont College M.F.A. program for children's book writers.

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