Playing the cards you're dealt, Varian Johnson
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Creator
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Subject
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- Bildungsromans
- Families -- Juvenile fiction
- Friendship -- Juvenile fiction
- Family secrets -- Juvenile fiction
- Spades (Game) -- Juvenile fiction
- Fathers and sons -- Juvenile fiction
- Boys -- Juvenile fiction
- South Carolina Book Award nominee -- 2023-2024
- Card players -- Juvenile fiction
- African American boys -- Juvenile fiction
- Preteen girls -- Juvenile fiction
- Playing cards -- Juvenile fiction
Author
1
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Label
Playing the cards you're dealt, Varian Johnson
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary form
novels
Main title
Playing the cards you're dealt
Oclc number
1268939489
Responsibility statement
Varian Johnson
Summary
"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... "--, Dust jacket
Target audience
pre adolescent
resource.variantTitle
Playing the cards you are dealt
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