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The Cardturner is a novel written by Newbery Medal winner Louis Sachar and published by Delacorte Press in May 2010. [1] Plot summary. Seventeen-year-old Alton Richards is nearing the end of the academic year. His best friend, Cliff, recently started dating Alton's ex-girlfriend, Katie.
May 11, 2010 · The Cardturner is a beautifully written and tightly plotted novel about one young man and his relationship with his “favorite uncle” Trapp, and how that relationship changes because of the relatively prosaic game of bridge.
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About The Cardturner. From Louis Sachar, New York Times bestselling author and winner of the Newbery Medal for HOLES, comes the young adult novel THE CARDTURNER, an exploration of the human condition. How are we supposed to be partners? He can’t see the cards and I don’t know the rules!
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Jun 11, 2020 · When his wealthy uncle, a champion bridge player who has lost his vision, asks seventeen-year-old Alton to be a cardturner for him, Alton has no idea how much he will ultimately learn from his eccentric relative.
May 14, 2010 · “The Cardturner” replaces the Dadaism with a card game; the result might be young adult literature’s first novel best read with an experienced partner and a full deck.
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 ...
The Cardturner is an inventive coming-of-age-novel with first person narrated by a character with universal appeal.
