From Norvelt to Nowhere

AvJack Gantos

E-bok

Engelska, 2013

118 kr

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This town is haunted by more than just ghosts . . .When Jack dresses up as a notorious local murderer for Halloween, he thinks he’s found the perfect costume to scare away evil spirits. But when the real murderer returns and another old lady dies, he starts to worry that he might not be showing the best judgment.Together with Miss Volker, the last remaining original Norvelter, Jack sets out on a road trip through the dark side of America’s history to track down the killer once and for all.Will they save Norvelt? Or are they going nowhere? From Norvelt to Nowhere is Jack Gantos’s hilarious follow-up to Dead End in Norvelt, winner of the Newbery Medal and shortlisted for the 2012 Guardian Children’s Prize.

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Utgivningsdatum:2013-09-24
Språk:Engelska
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781448173747
Förlag:Penguin Random House Children's UK

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Jack Gantos was born in Norvelt, Pennsylvania, and has spent time living in Barbados and South Florida. He has written books for readers of all ages, including the acclaimed Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key and its sequels, the teenage novel Desire Lines, and the youthful memoire Hole in My Life. His is also the writer of Dead End in Norvelt and From Norvelt to Nowhere, a pair of semi-autobiographical novels about the importance of history and reading, the first of which won the prestigious Newbery Medal in 2012. He lives with his wife and daughter in Boston, Massachusetts.

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"Peppered with literary references [...] Add to this a Bonnie and Clyde style road trip in a camouflaged VW Beetle and you might get a hint of the fun and philosophy at the heart of this murder mystery" -- Wendy Worley The School Librarian

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