Title | From Norvelt to Nowhere |
Year of Publication | 2013 |
Publication Type | Novel |
Number of Pages or Episodes | 278 p. |
Language | English |
Authors | Gantos, Jack |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus & Giroux |
City | New York |
Keywords | coal 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 |