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Dead End in Norvelt (#1) by Jack Gantos
18.99 NZD
Category: Young Adult Fiction | Series: Norvelt | Reading Level: 7+ years
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
16.95 NZD
Category: Children 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
Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos
16.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction
"All I heard was the number - $10,000 cash." At 18, working in a dead-end job in the Caribbean and looking for a way to fund his university study, Gantos was made an offer he didn't refuse. As crew of a yacht loaded with hashish, it was the opportunity for unimagined wealth and high adventure. What e ...Show more
Hole in My Life by Jack Gantos
23.99 NZD
Category: Biographies & Memoirs
From the Newbery Award–winning author of Dead End in Norvelt, this is a memoir about becoming a writer the hard way. A Printz Honor and Sibert Honor book.In the summer of 1971, Jack Gantos was an aspiring writer looking for adventure, cash for college tuition, and a way out of a dead-end job. For ten th ...Show more
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key (#1) by Jack Gantos
18.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | 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
The Key That Swallowed Joey Pigza (#5) by Jack Gantos
18.99 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Joey Pigza
Joey Pigza is back in his fifth hilarious adventure, with illustrations by David Tazzyman.
What Would Joey Do? (Joey Pigza #3) by Jack Gantos
16.95 NZD
Category: Children Fiction | Series: Joey Pigza | Reading Level: From 9 To 11
The waiting is over for Joey Pigza fans! In this brilliant third book Joey is attempting a breath-taking balancing act as he tries to keep a handle on his wild, wired behaviour without letting his hyperactively helpful ways spin him out of control - again. Joey is being home-schooled alongside Olivia, a ...Show more
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