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Dead End in Norvelt Dead End in Norvelt
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Hardcover: Sep 2011
 
A sly, sharp-edged narrative about a small western Pennsylvania town and a dead-funny depiction of growing up in a slightly off-kilter place where the past is present, the present is confusing, and the future is completely up in the air.
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Joey Pigza Loses Control Joey Pigza Loses Control
by Jack Gantos
Hardcover: Sep 2000
Paperback: Mar 2002
 
As if Joey didn't get into enough trouble in his unforgettable debut, Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key>/i>(1998), Gantos has him wig out again in this sad, scary, blackly funny sequel....   A tragic tale in many ways, but a triumph too....

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