Who wrote Dead End in Norvelt?
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Asked by: Jonnie Bolden
What year does Dead End in Norvelt take place?
1962
Plot. Dead End in Norvelt takes place during the summer of 1962, after the American schoolboy Jack Gantos fires his father’s war trophy, a Japanese sniper rifle, at a war movie playing at a drive-in movie theater thinking it is unloaded.
Who is the protagonist in Dead End in Norvelt?
Jack
This book is set in the town of Norvelt. It has a rather queer storyline. The main character (Jack) is a likeable fellow, but he has very strange problem. Whenever he is frightened, he has a nose bleed.
How old is Jack in Dead End in Norvelt?
twelve-year-old
Dead End in Norvelt is an autobiographical summer story of twelve-year-old Jack Gantos who starts this particular summer by accidentally firing his father’s Japanese sniper rifle at the screen of the local drive-in movie.
Where does Dead End in Norvelt take place?
Norvelt, Pennsylvania
Just a Little Commie Town
Jack Gantos sets his novel in the real-life town of Norvelt, Pennsylvania (plus, he also grew up there). Norvelt was started in 1934 as a New Deal housing project.
