When Huck’s dad dies his world crumbles. His mom is working crazy hours as a waitress to try to pay the bills. Huck is working weekends and going to school. His best friend is too busy being popular to care, and the girl he likes is acting standoffish. He is lost and doesn’t know what to do. His father was the best poker player in town and he always won the local poker tournament. Now Mr. Abbott, his math teacher, claims he is the best. He tortures all of the students; plays head games and makes Huck’s life hell. Huck risks everything to secretly enter the tournament in order to beat the Mr. Abbott who stole something from his dad on his deathbed, and reclaim something of the life he used to have.
I read this book in one sitting. It starts with a gun being pointed at Huck and ends…Well I’m not going to give that away. It was exciting, heartbreaking and easy to read. The story goes back and forth between the tournament and things that Huck and his dad did together. I loved it.
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