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The Cardturner
- A Novel About a King, a Queen, and a Joker
- Narrated by: Louis Sachar
- Length: 7 hrs and 27 mins
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The Cardturner
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Publisher's Summary
"How are we supposed to be partners? He can’t see the cards and I don’t know the rules!"
The summer after junior year of high school looks bleak for Alton Richards. His girlfriend has dumped him to hook up with his best friend. He has no money and no job. His parents insist that he drive his great-uncle Lester to his bridge club four times a week and be his cardturner—whatever that means. Alton’s uncle is old, blind, very sick, and very rich.
But Alton’s parents aren’t the only ones trying to worm their way into Lester Trapp’s good graces. They’re in competition with his longtime housekeeper, his alluring young nurse, and the crazy Castaneda family, who seem to have a mysterious influence over him. Alton soon finds himself intrigued by his uncle, by the game of bridge, and especially by the pretty and shy Toni Castaneda. As the summer goes on, he struggles to figure out what it all means, and ultimately to figure out the meaning of his own life.
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What the critics say
Winner, ALA Best Books for Young Adults
Nominated, Arizona Young Readers Award
Short-listed, Bank Street Child Study Children's Book Award
Short-listed, Cooperative Children's Book Center Choices
Winner, NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies
Winner, NCSS-CBC Notable Children's Trade Books in the Field of Social Studies
Nominated, Nebraska Golden Sower Award
Nominated, Pacific Northwest Young Readers Choice Award
Winner, Young Adult Services Division, School Library Journal Author Award