Yes, No, Maybe So: Yes
Stars: 5
Age group: grades 5 & up
I think this book is really good and enjoyable. I have to say, I read it twice, and it's still not boring. It was the John Newbery medal winner of 2012.This names it the "most distinguished contribution to American literature for children" of the year 2012. It rightfully earned this title.
It is an partially-fictional autobiography of the author, Jack Gantos. The main character, Jack Gantos (duh autobiography) gets in trouble with his parents for an deed I will not specify, and now has to help his elderly neighbor, Miss Volker write obituaries for the town's original residents, who are dropping suspiciously like flies. Meanwhile, Jack's father is building a plane in their backyard. Mix in dancing Hell's Angels, towed houses, and creepy obsessive old-person love and things in Norvelt have never been weirder.
