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Dead End in Norvelt
Dead End in Norvelt is an autobiographical novel by the American author Jack Gantos, published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux in 2011. It features a boy named Jack Gantos and is based in the author's hometown, Norvelt, Pennsylvania. According to one reviewer, the "real hero" is "his home town and its values", a "defiantly political" message.
The American Library Association awarded Gantos and "Dead End" the 2012 Newbery Medal, honoring the book as the
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- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Creative Writing, m fiction
- Newbery Medal, 2012, for "Dead End In Norvelt"
- Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction, 2012, for "Dead End in Norvelt"
- Guardian Children's Fiction Prize longlist, 2012, for "Dead End in Norvelt"
- Anne V. Zarrow Award for Young Readers' Literature, 2014, career award
Selected works.
Selected works Picture books.
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