Langbeschreibung
A teen develops a gambling addiction in this risk-heavy read?in trade paperback for the first time.Sixteen-year-old Denn Doyle's troubles begin with a seemingly harmless?and extremely profitable?game of poker with some neighborhood kids. Eager to join the adult world, Denn realizes that casinos and poker are a means to do exactly that. His ?hobby? progresses to a habit and then to an addiction that threatens relationships with his parents, girlfriend, and best friend. Hautman explores the escalation of Denn's gambling without preachiness, dealing with his problem in a straightforward and knowledgeable manner.
Hauptbeschreibung
Denn Doyle feeling lucky. His landscaping business is thriving, he's got money in the bank, his girlfriend loves him, and the city bus that ran into him that morning left him alive and well. Soon he'll turn sixteen and buy himself a car. Everything is going his way.