Author:
Gantos, Jack.
Imprint:New York : Farrar Straus Giroux, c2011.
Description:341 p. ; 21 cm.
Note:In the historic town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack Gantos spends the summer of 1962 grounded for various offenses until he is assigned to help an elderly neighbor with a most unusual chore involving the newly dead, molten wax, twisted promises, Girl Scout cookies, underage driving, lessons from history, typewriting, and countless bloody noses.
