From Norvelt to Nowhere

Gantos, Jack

ISBN 10: 0606372806 ISBN 13: 9780606372800

Publisher: Turtleback Books, 2015

Synopsis

This rocket-paced follow-up to the Newbery Medal-winning novel "Dead End in Norvelt" opens deep in the shadow of the Cuban missile crisis. But instead of Russian warheads, other kinds of trouble are raining down on young Jack Gantos and his utopian town of Norvelt in western Pennsylvania. After an explosion, a new crime by an old murderer, and the sad passing of the town's founder, twelve-year-old Jack will soon find himself launched on a mission that takes him hundreds of miles away, escorting his slightly mental elderly mentor, Miss Volker, on her relentless pursuit of the oddest of outlaws. But as their trip turns south in more ways than one, it's increasingly clear that the farther from home they travel, the more off-the-wall Jack and Miss Volker's adventure becomes, in "From Norvelt to Nowhere," a raucous road novel about roots and revenge, a last chance at love, and the power of a remarkable friendship.

A "Publishers Weekly" Best Children's Book of 2013

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Review:

* "Gantos's sequel to his Newbery-winning "Dead End in Norvelt" offers less history, more murder, and another hefty helping of zaniness." --"Publishers Weekly," starred review

* "Fans of "Dead End in Norvelt" won't want to miss this lively sequel." --"Booklist," starred review
* "A hilarious havoc-ridden road trip." --"BCCB," starred review

"Gantos employs gothic humor, scene-crafting mastery, and Jack's querulous voice to offer a wild and challenging road-trip novel, murder mystery, meditation on American history, and love story all in one." --"The Horn Book"

"The book is fast paced and laced with both history lessons and hilarity." --"School Library Journal
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"Dollops of history and mystery, plus gross to wickedly barbed comical set pieces set in a talky, ambling, amiable odyssey." --"Kirkus Reviews "

"Gantos employs gothic humor, scene-crafting mastery, and Jack's querulous voice to offer a wild and challenging road-trip novel, murder mystery, meditation on American history, and love story all in one." - "The Horn Book ""The book is fast paced and laced with both history lessons and hilarity." -- "School Library Journal" "A hilarious havoc-ridden road trip." -- BCCB, starred review "Dollops of history and mystery, plus gross to wickedly barbed comical set pieces set in a talky, ambling, amiable odyssey." -- "Kirkus Reviews" "Fans of "Dead End in ""Norvelt "won't want to miss this lively sequel." -- "Booklist," starred review

"Gantos's sequel to his Newbery-winning Dead End in Norvelt offers less history, more murder, and another hefty helping of zaniness."--"Publishers Weekly," starred review

Praise and accolades for DEAD END IN NORVELT (2011)

Newbery Medal Book, Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction Winner, an American Library Association Notable Children's Book, a YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, an NCTE Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts, a Junior Library Guild Selection, a Kiddo Award Nominee, a Capitol Choices Noteworthy Title for Children and Teens, "Horn Book" Fanfare, a "Kirkus Reviews" Best Book of the Year, a "Publishers Weekly" Best Children's Book of the Year, a "Washington Post" Best Children's Book of the Year

"A bumper-car ride through history . . . Wonderfully wacky . . . darkly comic." --"The Washington Post"

"This is a story like no other." --Jon Scieszka, founder of guysread.com

* "Laugh-out-loud gothic comedy." --"The Horn Book," starred review

* "[A] wildly entertaining meld of truth and fiction."

--"Publishers Weekly," starred review

"A brilliant book, full of history, mystery, and laughs." --Dave Barry, coauthor of the Peter and the Starcatchers series

"Gantos employs gothic humor, scene-crafting mastery, and Jack's querulous voice to offer a wild and challenging road-trip novel, murder mystery, meditation on American history, and love story all in one." - "The Horn Book "

Praise and accolades for DEAD END IN NORVELT (2011)

Newbery Medal Book, Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction Winner, an American Library Association Notable Children's Book, a YALSA Best Book for Young Adults, an NCTE Notable Children's Books in the Language Arts, a Junior Library Guild Selection, a Kiddo Award Nominee, a Capitol Choices Noteworthy Title for Children and Teens, "Horn Book" Fanfare, a "Kirkus Reviews" Best Book of the Year, a "Publishers Weekly" Best Children's Book of the Year, a "Washington Post" Best Children's Book of the Year

* "[A] wildly entertaining meld of truth and fiction."

Book Description:

The sequel to DEAD END IN NORVELT - winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal.

About this edition

• Publisher: Turtleback Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0606372806
• ISBN 13: 9780606372800
• Binding: Library Binding