Big Slick
by Eric Luper
by Eric Luper
BIG SLICK by Eric Luper
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 9/18/07
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Reviewed by: Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky"
Rating: 5 Stars
Andrew Lang may only be sixteen, but he's pretty sure he'd like to try making a living playing poker. It started with free
games online and quickly became playing for real in the private games held in the town pool hall. Andrew's quick thinking
ability combined with the professional advice from pool hall owner Shushie Spiegel have him winning pots any respectable
player would envy.
Unfortunately, Andrew has hit a losing streak. To keep money in his pocket, he begins skimming money from the cash
register in the family-owned dry cleaning business. Before he knows it, he owes $600, and his father is noticing something
strange. When his dad begins talking inventory, Andrew realizes his days are numbered to be able to pay the money
back without being caught.
With the help of his friend Scott, goth girl and fellow employee Jasmine, and a mint-condition 1970 Chevy Chevelle SS
454, Andrew hatches a plan to get back the money he owes his father and the dry cleaning business.
Can they possibly pass themselves off as eighteen, get into the Native American casino, and then sit at a poker table and
win?
BIG SLICK is filled with colorful characters, poker action, humor, romance, and illegal deals that will keep you turning
the pages. Teen readers - both guys and girls, poker fans or not - will be fighting over who gets this one first.
Category: Contemporary
Age Recommendation: Grades 9+
Release Date: 9/18/07
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Reviewed by: Sally Kruger, aka "Readingjunky"
Rating: 5 Stars
Andrew Lang may only be sixteen, but he's pretty sure he'd like to try making a living playing poker. It started with free
games online and quickly became playing for real in the private games held in the town pool hall. Andrew's quick thinking
ability combined with the professional advice from pool hall owner Shushie Spiegel have him winning pots any respectable
player would envy.
Unfortunately, Andrew has hit a losing streak. To keep money in his pocket, he begins skimming money from the cash
register in the family-owned dry cleaning business. Before he knows it, he owes $600, and his father is noticing something
strange. When his dad begins talking inventory, Andrew realizes his days are numbered to be able to pay the money
back without being caught.
With the help of his friend Scott, goth girl and fellow employee Jasmine, and a mint-condition 1970 Chevy Chevelle SS
454, Andrew hatches a plan to get back the money he owes his father and the dry cleaning business.
Can they possibly pass themselves off as eighteen, get into the Native American casino, and then sit at a poker table and
win?
BIG SLICK is filled with colorful characters, poker action, humor, romance, and illegal deals that will keep you turning
the pages. Teen readers - both guys and girls, poker fans or not - will be fighting over who gets this one first.