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The cardturner a novel about a king, a queen, and a joker

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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.

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Main Author: Sachar, Louis, 1954-
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Delacorte Press, c2010.
Edition:1st ed.
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Uncles > Young adult fiction.
Blind > Young adult fiction.
People with disabilities > Young adult fiction.
Dead > Young adult fiction.
Interpersonal relations > Young adult fiction.
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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.
Physical Description:336 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Audience:012-up.
ISBN:9780385736626
0385736622
9780385906197 (glb)
0385906196 (glb)
9780375896477 (ebk)
0375896473 (ebk)
Author Notes:Louis Sachar was born in East Meadow, New York on March 20, 1954. He attended the University of California, at Berkeley. During his senior year, he helped out at Hillside Elementary School. It was his experience there that led to his first book, Sideways Stories from Wayside School, written in 1976. After college, he worked for a while in a sweater warehouse in Norwalk, Connecticut before attending Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco, where he graduated in 1980. Sideways Stories from Wayside School was accepted for publication during his first week of law school. He worked part-time as a lawyer for eight years before becoming a full-time writer in 1989. His other works include There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom, the Marvin Redpost books, Fuzzy Mud, and Holes, which won the 1999 Newbery Medal, the National Book Award, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award and was made into a major motion picture.

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