Contributor(s): Gantos, Jack (Author) Winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal and the Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. Melding the entirely true and the wildly fictional, "Dead End in Norvelt" chronicles an incredible two months for a kid named Jack Gantos, who makes readers laugh out loud at the most unexpected things in a dead-funny depiction of growing up in a slightly off-kilter place. Publisher: Square Fish Pub Date: 09/2011 Lexile Level: 920 ,IL: MG - BL: 5.7 Target Age Group: 10 to 14 ISBN: 9781250010230 Binding: Paperback-2.79 cms H x 19.30 cms L x 13.21 cms W (0.29 kgs) 341 pages Also Available as Hardcover BISAC Categories: Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories; Juvenile Fiction | Historical | United States - 20th Century; Juvenile Fiction | Family | General; Juvenile Fiction | Social Issues | General