Jack Gantos: DEAD END IN NORVELT
We are thrilled to present Jack Gantos (JOEY PIGZA; HOLE IN MY LIFE; ROTTEN RALPH) on his tour for his latest book for middle-grade readers, DEAD END IN NORVELT. For every book purchased at the event, you may bring two from home to be signed.
Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, DEAD END IN NORVELT is the story of an incredible two months for a boy named Jack Gantos, whose plans for vacation adventure are suddenly ruined when he is grounded by his feuding parents for what seems like forever. But escape comes where Jack least expects it, once he begins helping an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore—a chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, obituaries, Hells Angels, and countless bloody noses. Endlessly surprising, this sly, sharp-edged narrative is the author at his very best, making readers crack up at the most shocking things in a depiction of growing up in an off-kilter world where the characters are as unpredictable and over-the-top as they come.
- Street:
- 8157 Big Bend Blvd.
- Additional:
- City:
- Webster Groves ,
- Province:
- Missouri
- Postal Code:
- 63119
- Country:
- United States
