Jack Gantos is the author of this year’s Newbery Medal-winning book, Dead End in Norvelt, and he’s also the perfect guy to kick off our Summer Reading for Kids & Teens destination as our first featured author.  Gantos is a fantastic writer and he’s really funny–after watching the special video he created for us below we were laughing out loud with big goofy grins on our faces, because Gantos makes reading fun.  It’s  another of this author’s’ many talents–if you’ve got a reluctant reader, give them a Jack Gantos book.   Check out our author adventures kick-off video, courtesy of Mr. Jack Gantos, who reminds us all to “read a lot, or your brain will rot!”

Summer Reading Recommendations from Jack Gantos:

• Dead End in Norvelt (naturally)
• Breaking Stalin’s Nose
• Inside Out & Back Again
• Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key
• Joey Pigza Loses Control
• The Cricket in Times Square
• Time Cat
• Heads or Tails
• Everything on a Waffle
• Jack’s Black Book