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Dead End in Norvelt
Dead End in Norvelt (Norvelt, #1)
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Start date
January 23, 2012
Finish date
May 30, 2012
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Newbery 2012
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2012 Newbery Medal Winner

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Beverly
May 22, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: yaf-humor
Pretty funny; lots of humorous hijinks and silliness as Jack spends practically his entire summer grounded for shooting off a Japanese rifle.
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Brenda Kahn
Feb 18, 2012 rated it liked it
Shelves: historical-fiction, humorous, 2012, newbery-award
Even though I chuckled my way through this historical fiction who-dun-it, I felt a bit let down by the ending.
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