Browse by category
Dead End in Norvelt (#1) by Jack Gantos
Category: Fiction | Series: Norvelt
Jack's summer has hit a dead end. After being 'grounded for life', Jack is facing a summer of doing nothing. But who's got time to die of boredom when there are so many more interesting ways to die in this town? He might crash in his Dad's homemade plane, or catch the disease that makes you dance yourse ...Show more
Desire Lines by Jack Gantos
Category: Fiction
Sixteen-year-old Walker has discovered that two female classmates are having an affair. He knows that to give away their secret would be unforgivable. But when, suddenly he finds the heat on him , betrayal seems to be his only way out. Feel Walker's pain as you are gripped by this powerful, emotional an ...Show more
From Norvelt to Nowhere (#2) by Jack Gantos
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Norvelt
This is the hilarious sequel to Dead End In Norvelt, winner of the 2012 Newbery Medal.
Guys Read: Heroes and Villains by Jon Scieszka; Jack Gantos; Lemony Snicket; Christopher Healy; Sharon Creech; Cathy Camper; Laurie Halse Anderson; Ingrid Law; Deborah Hopkinson; Pam Muñoz Ryan; Eugene Yelchin
Category: Junior Fiction | Series: Guys Read Ser.
Heroes & Villains, the seventh volume in Jon Scieszka's Guys Read Library of Great Reading, is chock-full of adventure featuring an array of characters--with and without capes. Featuring ten all-new, original stories that run the gamut from fantasy to contemporary adventure to nonfiction, and featu ...Show more
Joey Pigza Loses Control (#2) by Jack Gantos
Category: Children's Books | Series: Joey Pigza
Joey's dad is well and truly wired! After months of nagging, Joey Pigza is finally allowed to spend the summer holidays with his dad. But he soon finds out why Mom was so worried. If people think Joey has problems, they should meet his dad! Joey's dad insists he can cope without medication and that Joey ...Show more
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (#1) by Jack Gantos
Category: Middle Readers | Series: Joey Pigza
Joey is a good kid, maybe even a great kid, but his teachers never know what he's going to do next. He sharpens his finger in the pencil-sharpener and swallows his house key. He can't sit still for more than a minute - Joey is buzzing! Told from Joey's own unique viewpoint by acclaimed American author J ...Show more
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (#1) by Jack Gantos
Category: Children's | Series: Joey Pigza
"They say I'm wired bad, or wired sad, but there's no doubt about it--I'm wired."Joey Pigza's got heart, he's got a mom who loves him, and he's got "dud meds," which is what he calls the Ritalin pills that are supposed to even out his wild mood swings. Sometimes Joey makes bad choices. He learns the har ...Show more
The Trouble in Me by Jack Gantos
Category: Young Adult Fiction
This fiery autobiographical novel captures a pivotal week or two in the life of fourteen-year-old Jack Gantos, when he began to slide off track as a kid who in just a few years would find himself locked up in a federal penitentiary for the crimes portrayed in the memoir Hole in My Life. Set in Fort Laud ...Show more
Writing Radar by Gantos Jack
Category: Education
The Newbery Award-winning author of Dead End in Norvelt shares advice for how to be the best brilliant writer in this funny and practical creative writing guide perfect for all kids who dream of seeing their name on the spine of a book. With the signature wit and humor that have garnered him legions of ...Show more
0 - 8 of 9