Dead End in Norvelt

Nov 16, 2024 4:46 AM

Author:Jack Gantos

Dead End in Norvelt

Jack's summer has hit a dead end . . .

After being 'grounded for life', Jack is facing a summer of doing nothing. But who's got time to die of boredom when there are so many more interesting ways to die in this town?

He might crash in his dad's homemade plane, or catch the disease that makes you dance yourself to death, or fall foul of the motorcycle gang that wants to burn the town to the ground. Old people seem to be dying faster than Miss Volker can write their obituaries, and Jack is starting to worry that it might not just be the rats that are eating the rat poison . . .

Dead End in Norvelt is Jack Gantos's hilarious blend of the entirely true and the wildly fictional, from one of the most darkly amusing imaginations writing today.

Reviews

This is a brilliant book, full of history, mystery, and laughs. It reminded me of my small-town childhood, although my small town was never as delightfully weird as Norvelt

—— Dave Barry

A bit of autobiography works its way into all of Gantos's work, but he one-ups himself in this wildly entertaining meld of truth and fiction by naming the main character . . . Jackie Gantos

—— Publishers Weekly

Gantos, as always, delivers bushels of food for thought and plenty of outright guffaws

—— Booklist

A fast-paced and witty read

—— School Library Journal

This rhyming counting book will appeal to youngsters with a practical turn of mind or those who like toilet humour

—— Sarah Kingsford , Sunday Express

Written in a jolly rhyming text that also encourages counting skills, this is an ingeniously original Santa Claus story packed with silly humour that will appeal to children

—— Junior

Bursting with silly situations and hilarious antics

—— Bournemouth Daily Echo

A real delight

—— Bournemouth Daily Echo

The perfect book to provoke a smile.

—— Daily Express

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