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Author:

Sachar, Louis, 1954-

Title:

The cardturner : a novel about a king, a queen, and a joker / Louis Sachar.

Edition:

1st Ember ed.

Publisher:

Ember,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

336 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Contract bridge--Juvenile fiction.
Uncles--Juvenile fiction.
Blind--Juvenile fiction.
People with disabilities--Juvenile fiction.
Dead--Juvenile fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Juvenile fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Dead--Fiction.
Blind--Fiction.
Uncles--Fiction.
Bridge (Game)--Fiction.
Bridge (Game)--Fiction.
Uncles--Fiction.
Blind--Fiction.
Physically handicapped--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Blind.
Contract bridge.
Dead.
Interpersonal relations.
People with disabilities.
Uncles.
Fiction.
Juvenile works.

Notes:

"Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Delacorte Press ... in 2010."--t.p. verso.

Summary:

When his wealthy uncle, a champion bridge player who has lost his vision, asks seventeen-year-old Alton to be a cardturner for him, Alton has no idea how much he will ultimately learn from his eccentric relative. Includes appendix by Syd Fox with information about bridge.

ISBN:

0385736630
9780385736633

OCLC:

(OCoLC)698332751

Locations:

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)