The Cardturner
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Great Britain
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781408808504
Copyright date: 2010
First sentence: Ever since I was a little kid, I've had it drilled into me that my uncle Lester was my favorite uncle.
Description: A teenage boy, a rich uncle, an attractive girl and a mother who's waiting for her inheritance create a heady  cocktail of intrigue and excitement in this excellent novel by Louis Sachar.

When Alton's ageing, blind uncle asks him to attend bridge games with him Alton agrees, mainly because his mother reminds him it is good to be on the right side of your rich uncle. Not expecting much from the outings Alton soon finds himself getting to know a lot not only about his uncle and his family's lost history but also about himself. As one mystery unfolds, another is discovered in this brilliant and funny novel that is a fantastic addition to Louis Sachar's list of books.
Notes: First published edition in Great Britain.
Table of contents: label: 1
title: My Favorite Uncle
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: A Turn for the Worse
pagenum: 3; label: 3
title: By The Way
pagenum: 7; label: 4
title: And, And, And...
pagenum: 9; label: 5
title: Cliff
pagenum: 13; label: 6
title: Are You Sure?
pagenum: 17; label: 7
title: Theodora
pagenum: 22; label: 8
title: The Club
pagenum: 25; label: 9
title: Shuffle and Play
pagenum: 28; label: 10
title: An Apology of a Sort
pagenum: 35; label: 11
title: Tiger Wood's Caddy
pagenum: 40; label: 12
title: The Basics
pagenum: 43; label: 13
title: In the Garbage
pagenum: 46; label: 14
title: National Championship
pagenum: 48; label: 15
title: Perfect Summer
pagenum: 51; label: 16
title: The Milkman and the Senator's Wife
pagenum: 55; label: 17
title: Finesse
pagenum: 58; label: 18
title: The Housing Crisis
pagenum: 62; label: 19
title: The Captain and the Radio
pagenum: 66; label: 20
title: Toni Castaneda
pagenum: 69; label: 21
title: Fixed
pagenum: 73; label: 22
title: The Blind Lady Bowler
pagenum: 75; label: 23
title: The Bidding
pagenum: 78; label: 24
title: My Sick Fantasy
pagenum: 83; label: 24
title: Lab Rats Pushing Buttons
pagenum: 85; label: 25
title: Yarborough
pagenum: 90; label: 27
title: A Phone Call
pagenum: 95; label: 28
title: Toni's Grandmother and President Nixon
pagenum: 101; label: 29
title: A Silver Ice Bucket
pagenum: 105; label: 30
title: The Life of the Party
pagenum: 110; label: 31
title: Smoking Ears
pagenum: 117; label: 32
title: A Singing Pig
pagenum: 125; label: 33
title: The Great Bridge Detective
pagenum: 133; label: 34
title: Director, Please!
pagenum: 136; label: 35
title: Toni and Cliff
pagenum: 140; label: 36
title: Synchronicity
pagenum: 144; label: 37
title: Trapp's Closest Living Relatives
pagenum: 148; label: 38
title: Thank You, Partner
pagenum: 151; label: 39
title: Two Idiots at Table Seven
pagenum: 155; label: 40
title: The Subconscious Mind
pagenum: 161; label: 41
title: Entourage
pagenum: 163; label: 42
title: Annabel and Ike
pagenum: 167; label: 43
title: IMPs
pagenum: 172; label: 44
title: The Milkman's Clothes
pagenum: 180; label: 45
title: Thugs in Business Suits
pagenum: 184; label: 46
title: Nixon
pagenum: 188; label: 47
title: Theodora's Tea
pagenum: 191; label: 48
title: Quack of Clubs
pagenum: 196; label: 49
title: A Monkey and a Typewriter
pagenum: 202; label: 50
title: Ducking Smoothly
pagenum: 205; label: 51
title: A Very Scared Little Girl
pagenum: 210; label: 52
title: Deborah in the Closet
pagenum: 216; label: 53
title: A Fresh Start
pagenum: 220; label: 54
title: Transfer Bids
pagenum: 224; label: 55
title: Post-mortem
pagenum: 229; label: 56
title: Welcome to My World
pagenum: 232; label: 57
title: Ninety-Three, Ninety-One
pagenum: 235; label: 58
title: In the Pantry
pagenum: 239; label: 59
title: Looking at Colleges
pagenum: 244; label: 60
title: Not a Wet Sock
pagenum: 249; label: 61
title: They Need Us
pagenum: 254; label: 62
title: Twenty-five Percent Slam
pagenum: 259; label: 63
title: A Long Hesitation
pagenum: 263; label: 64
title: The First Hand
pagenum: 267; label: 65
title: The Donkey Hand
pagenum: 269; label: 66
title: The Beer Card
pagenum: 272; label: 67
title: A Message from Afar
pagenum: 275; label: 68
title: Signals
pagenum: 279; label: 69
title: Q
pagenum: 282; label: 70
title: Canned Peas
pagenum: 285; label: 71
title: Transportation
pagenum: 289; label: 72
title: The Final Session
pagenum: 293; label: 73
title: The Final Table
pagenum: 299; label: 74
title: The Final Hand
pagenum: 302; label: 75
title: Talk About Wow
pagenum: 309; label: 76
title: Philosophically Bent
pagenum: 312; label: Appendix
pagenum: 317