Summary: After an explosion, a new crime by an old murderer, and the sad passing of the founder of Norvelt, Pennsylvania, twelve-year-old Jack accompanies his slightly mental elderly mentor, Miss Volker, on a cross-country run as she pursues the oddest of outlaws.
Farrar Straus Giroux
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Eva Perry Mock-Newbery Club 
I found it interesting that the prequel to this book, Dead End in Norvelt, won the real Newbery award. And even though this book is a sequel book, it still made sense and stood alone; however, I don’t think this book will win the Mock Newbery. I had trouble relating to some of the characters, so it was difficult for me to really get into this book.