From Norvelt to Nowhere

TitleFrom Norvelt to Nowhere
Year of Publication2013
Publication TypeNovel
Number of Pages or Episodes278 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsGantos, Jack
PublisherFarrar, Straus & Giroux
CityNew York
Keywordscoal industry; Cuban Missile Crisis; Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962); fallout shelters; senior citizens; veterans
Abstract

Sequel to Dead End in Norvelt (2011). Jack Gantos, 12, follows his elderly mentor on a trip from Westmoreland County to New York to Florida in pursuit of strange outlaws.

Author Biography

Jack Gantos (1951— ), born and raised in Norvelt, Westmoreland County, earned his BFA and MA at Emerson College. The author of many children's books, he is best known for his fictional character Rotten Ralph and Joey Pigza. Gantos lives in Boston.

Time

1962