By: Paul Volponi
Other books written by this author: The Final Four, Crossing Lines, Rikers High, Response, Hurricane Song, Rucker Park Setup, Rooftop, Black and White, Homestretch,
This story is about a kid named Huck Porter. Huck’s dad had
just died and he feels like nothing makes sense to him anymore. The only thing
that Huck learned from his dad was the game of poker that they would always
play together.
Huck’s math teacher Mr. Abbott is a big poker player also,
and wears the silver watch that Huck’s dad wore for three years for being the
poker champion in the town tournament. Huck wants to win that watch back for
his father and will do whatever it takes to get it back. Even if that means
lying to his friends and family.
At the beginning of the book some of the poker players
including Abbott and Huck are leaving the rec center when an old friend Stani
shows up and is going to rob them when Abbott says I think you’re bluffing and
then Huck says the same thing and it made both Stani and Abbott angry.
Huck has to bluff his way into the tournament which means
he’ll have to lie to everyone that he knows. Along the way he gets help from
the way he gets help from the local priest and will get a date to the high
school prom with his ex- girlfriend but could get lost in the all of the cards.
When huck starts to get far into the tournament he’s afraid that he’ll get lost
in the cards and won’t know who he is when the last hand is done.
Book Review by Austin M.
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