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Big Slick

by Eric Luper

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All in all, sixteen-year-old Andrew Lang has been dealt a pretty good hand in life. Sure, he has to spend his afternoons slaving away in the hellhole that is his dad's dry-cleaning business, but even that's not so bad with Jasmine, the seriously hot Goth-chick senior, working right beside him. So what if she's got a boyfriend? Plus, Andrew's got an ace up his sleeve - he's good at poker. Very good. Unfortunately, all it takes is one bad beat at Shushie's illegal poker club to turn Andrew's bankroll from huge to nonexistent. And Andrew's pretty sure that sooner or later his dad's going to notice that $600 he "borrowed" from the register. Andrew thinks he may know how to get the money back, but it's a little bit crazy, and a little bit dangerous . . .

 

In this breakneck-paced novel about gambling and growing up, the stakes are high, and Andrew must ask himself: What does going all in really mean?

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In this breakneck-paced novel about gambling and growing up, the stakes are high, and 16-year-old Andrew Lang must ask himself: What does going all in really mean?
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About the Author

ERIC LUPER is an avid poker player who, among other things, once managed a dry-cleaning store. He lives in Albany, New York. Big Slick is his first novel.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780374307998
Author:
Luper, Eric
Publisher:
Farrar Straus Giroux
Subject:
Love & Romance
Subject:
Sports & Recreation - Games - General
Subject:
Situations / Peer Pressure
Subject:
Situations / Adolescence
Subject:
Social Issues - Adolescence
Subject:
Interpersonal Relations
Subject:
Self-perception
Subject:
Games
Subject:
Honesty
Subject:
Poker
Subject:
Family - Parents
Subject:
Love
Subject:
Romance
Subject:
Boys
Subject:
Men
Subject:
Social Issues - Peer Pressure
Subject:
Boys / Men
Subject:
Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction-Adolescence
Subject:
Children s Young Adult-Social Issue Fiction
Copyright:
2007
Edition Description:
Trade Cloth
Publication Date:
20070931
Binding:
HARDCOVER
Grade Level:
from 9
Language:
English
Pages:
240
Dimensions:
8.38x6.12x.88 in. .85 lbs.
Age Level:
14-17
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