Dead End in Norvelt

Winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal

“Nobody can tell a story like Jack Gantos can.” —Jon Scieszka

Endlessly surprising, this sly, sharp-edged narrative is the author at his very best, making readers laugh out loud at the most unexpected things in a dead-funny depiction of growing up in a slightly off-kilter place where the past is present, the present is confusing, and the future is completely up in the air.