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English
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Cassie waits for her gambling father to return home, her mother to move away from her position at the kitchen sink, for her fragile older sister to blossom out of her oddness, and for her own chance at a different life. Effortlessly living up to her Book Magazine moniker, the New Carson McCullers, Kimmel deftly handles this coming of age story and proves herself a master of genre.
2) Sticks
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
With the help of his grandmother, his dead father's best friend, and his own best friend, a math genius, ten-year-old Mickey prepares to compete in the most important pool championship of his life, despite his mother's reservations.
Author
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"It has been twenty years since the epic match-up between Eddie Felson and Minnesota Fats. Having gone from bona fide stardom to playing in exhibition matches for cable television, Eddie decides that he'd like to give the game one more shot. With a failed marriage behind him and a new generation of competitors in his way, Eddie must face his demons and find the will to succeed once more".
4) The hustler
Author
Series
Publisher
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Fast Eddie Felson has a reputation as a pool hustler to be feared, but his ambitions go far beyond taking small-town punks for a few bucks here and there. He has the talent to make big money, but he soon learns that it takes more than natural ability to become a real winner. He heads to Chicago to test himself against the legendary Minnesota Fats in more than forty-hours of high-stakes pool.
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Publisher
[CreateSpace]
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Little Pete, a 21st Century adolescent from Alexandria, Virginia has a fancy to shoot pool with a young George Washington and ventures to 1748. Before finding George, he meets a mix of characters including a pirate and a young colonial beauty. Thunderstruck, he plays the game of his life. The pirate, Nate Teach, has affection for those who live in the realm of his subculture. A pirate without a ship and broken, he attempts to hustle young Pete at...
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