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Playing the Cards You're Dealt (Scholastic Gold)

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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Varian JohnsonAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2021-10-05Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:Scholastic PressISBN-13:9781338348538ISBN-10:1338348531UPC:9781338348538Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Sports & Recreation, People & Places, FamilyBook Topic:Games, United States, ParentsSize:8.30 x 5.70 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC9JFVJ1MB

"With a deft hand, Johnson shows us there's no such thing as "too young" when it comes to questioning big ideas like manhood, or even family." -Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Look Both Ways and Stamped

Literary powerhouse and Coretta Scott King Honor- and Boston Globe / Horn Book Honor-winning author of The Parker Inheritance Varian Johnson explores themes of toxic masculinity and family legacy in this heartfelt, hopeful story of one boy discovering what it really means to be a man.

SECRETS ARE ALWAYS A GAMBLE

Ten-year-old Anthony Joplin has made it to double digits! Which means he's finally old enough to play in the spades tournament every Joplin Man before him seems to have won. So while Ant's friends are stressing about fifth grade homework and girls, Ant only has one thing on his mind: how he'll measure up to his father's expectations at the card table.

Then Ant's best friend gets grounded, and he's forced to find another spades partner. And Shirley, the new girl in his class, isn't exactly who he has in mind. She talks a whole lot of trash -- way more than his old partner. Plus, he's not sure that his father wants him playing with a girl. But she's smart and tough and pretty, and knows every card trick in the book. So Ant decides to join forces with Shirley -- and keep his plans a secret.

Only it turns out secrets are another Joplin Man tradition. And his father is hiding one so big it may tear their family apart...

Language:EnglishPublisher:Scholastic PressISBN-13:9781338348538ISBN-10:1338348531UPC:9781338348538Book Category:Juvenile FictionBook Subcategory:Sports & Recreation, People & Places, FamilyBook Topic:Games, United States, ParentsSize:8.30 x 5.70 x 1.20 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC9JFVJ1MB
Varian Johnson is the author of several novels for children and young adults, including The Parker Inheritance, which won both Coretta Scott King Author Honor and Boston Globe/Horn Book Honor awards, The Great Greene Heist, an ALA Notable Children's book, a Kirkus Reviews Best Book, and a Texas Library Association Lone Star List selection, and the graphic novel Twins co-created with Shannon Wright, an NPR Best Book. He lives with his family near Austin, Texas. You can visit him on the web at varianjohnson.com and @varianjohnson.
Publisher: Scholastic Press

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