Description
| Product ID: | 9781408808511 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Cardturner |
| Authors: | Author: Louis Sachar |
| Page Count: | 352 |
| Subjects: | Children’s / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction, General fiction (Children's / Teenage), Interest age: from c 12 years |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A 17-year-old boy, a rich blind uncle, an attractive girl and a mother who is looking forward to an inheritance create a heady and exciting cocktail of opportunityThis brand new novel from the bestselling author of Holes, is nominated for the Carnegie Medal 2011 When Alton''s ageing, blind uncle asks him to attend bridge games with him, he agrees. After all, it''s better than a crappy summer job in the local shopping mall, and Alton''s mother thinks it might secure their way to a good inheritance sometime in the future.But, like all apparently casual choices in any of Louis Sachar''s wonderful books, this choice soon turns out to be a lot more complex than Alton could ever have imagined. As his relationship with his uncle develops, and he meets the very attractive Toni, deeply buried secrets are uncovered and a romance that spans decades is finally brought to conclusion.Alton''s mother is in for a surprise! |
| Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Childrens Books |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2011-08-09 |
