Many of you may know Louis Sachar for his incredible youth book Holes, which is a great read. He took a relatively simple idea and made an excellent story out of it. In Holes you get to really know many of the characters without a whole lot of text. Well, take that ability and multiply it and apply it to the game of bridge. Yep that is right. Bridge. The stereotypical game we assign to old people. The Cardturner is the story of a boy learning the game of bridge with his rich great uncle. That is the main of it. I know, it sounds boring, but please TRUST me. My friend Susan was skeptical but decided to give it a try. Here is what she said " The narrator is a relate-able teenager, but isn't snarky or melodramatic. The plot moves smoothly back and forth between sections on how to play bridge and the actual story line. By the end, you know a surprising amount about bridge and you feel thoroughly entertained."This book is amazing. Read it. You can easily get through it (since it is at a middle school reading level). You won't regret it.
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