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Rosie can’t believe her good luck. Her grandmother, Glory, needs a last-minute roommate for a cruise to the Caribbean. But Glory doesn’t really need a companion–she’s eager for Rosie to meet her friend’s grandson, Neil, a brainy guy full of facts about baseball. Once Rosie is aboard the ship, though, someone else catches her eye–a boy her own age, who introduces himself as Ricky Diago. But after the ship sails, Rosie only sees Ricky’s uncle, Mr. Diago. What’s even stranger is that Neil could swear that Mr. Diago ...
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Overview

Rosie can’t believe her good luck. Her grandmother, Glory, needs a last-minute roommate for a cruise to the Caribbean. But Glory doesn’t really need a companion–she’s eager for Rosie to meet her friend’s grandson, Neil, a brainy guy full of facts about baseball. Once Rosie is aboard the ship, though, someone else catches her eye–a boy her own age, who introduces himself as Ricky Diago. But after the ship sails, Rosie only sees Ricky’s uncle, Mr. Diago. What’s even stranger is that Neil could swear that Mr. Diago is actually a famous Cuban baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds. Then after a day’s excursion, Rosie is approached by another boy who claims he’s Ricky Diago. She’s certain he’s not the person she met before. Suddenly Rosie finds herself caught in a high-stakes adventure of international intrigue with life-or-death consequences. Who is the real Ricky Diago? And how far is Rosie willing to go to help him?

On a Caribbean cruise, sixteen-year-old Rosie meets a teenage Cuban baseball player seeking political asylum in the United States and tries to help him escape a charge of murder.

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Sixteen-year-old Rose, tired of nonstop fighting with her mom, agrees to accompany her grandmother, Glory, and her bridge club on a week-long Caribbean cruise. Rosie's best friend is convinced that Rosie will find love on the high seas, and when Rosie meets handsome teen Enrique at one of the ports of call, she thinks her friend might be right. When Enrique's mysterious uncle disappears and when Cuban police start looking for the boy, Rosie and her too-nerdy-to-be-desirable friend Neil decide to investigate. They discover that Enrique is a promising young Cuban baseball player, using the cruise as a means to reach the United States and find asylum. Rosie is determined to help Enrique escape, but when people close to Enrique start turning up dead, Rosie fears her own life may also be in danger. Although Rosie's relationship with Enrique builds too fast to be believable—she exchanges perhaps twenty words with the boy before declaring him "the love of her life"—the idealism that leads Rosie and Neil to help Enrique find freedom seems entirely plausible. Glory's bridge-playing senior citizen friends are not adequately differentiated, but this makes little difference to the main plot. The cruise ship setting is an effective venue for transporting what is essentially a classic country-house mystery into more exotic locales. 2001, Delacorte,
— Norah Piehl
KLIATT
Joan Lowery Nixon, a four-time Edgar Award winner, takes her many fans on a sea cruise fraught with political intrigue and a couple of murders. Our teen heroine, Rose Ann, has a tiff with her mother and is glad to go off on a cruise to the Caribbean with her grandmother. There she meets Neil, who doesn't appeal to her, and Ricky Diago, who does. Neil's a baseball buff and recognizes Ricky's uncle as a famous Cuban player from the Cincinnati Reds. Ricky turns out to be a young Cuban baseball star himself, on the run from Cuban authorities who want to capture him and return him to his Communist home. As an excuse they cite the murder of the man who helped Ricky escape his former island home. Ricky is locked in the ship's brig and Rose Ann and her other teen friends try to find out the truth. Nixon's novel is a nice combination of suspense (with no violence described) and romance (with a few chaste kisses). The story is easy to follow and Rose Ann is a feisty heroine. The story copes with the usual teen concerns—peer pressure, trouble with parents, being independent, budding romance. The book will appeal to teens who are Nixon fans. KLIATT Codes: JS—Recommended for junior and senior high school students. 2001, Random House, Dell Laurel Leaf, 197p.,
— Janet Julian
VOYA
Spring break has just started when sixteen-year-old Rose Marstead is humiliated by being dumped by her date at a wild party. The ensuing discussion with her mom is interrupted by grandmother Glory, who offers to take Rose on a tropical cruise. Soon Rose and Glory depart west Texas for Miami. On board the ship, Glory starts playing matchmaker for her granddaughter and nerdish nice-guy Neil, grandson of a friend. Rose, however, falls in love with seventeen-year-old Ricky (Enrique) Urbino, a Cuban baseball player and asylum seeker. A mystery involving two murders soon develops, and Rose enlists the help of Neil and Julieta, a flirtatious Cuban-American teen and fellow passenger, to solve the murders and clear Ricky and his uncle. Rose and her cohorts investigate suspects, track down clues, solve the mysteries, and conspire to smuggle Ricky onto United States soil so he will have a chance to remain and not be sent back to Cuba. The author skillfully has included minor details that play a part in the plausible plot—blue shirts, loose rings, Hawaiian print shirts, and tropical hats. The characters are not developed thoroughly but are believable from a teen's point of view. Rose's growing maturity is seen through her musing about the earlier argument with her mom. She also comes to understand the tense relationship between her mom and Glory. The shipboard romance of Rose and Ricky parallels the Titanic movie with a less tragic outcome in this satisfactory teen mystery. VOYA CODES: 3Q 4P M J S (Readable without serious defects; Broad general YA appeal; Middle School, defined as grades 6 to 8; Junior High, defined as grades 7 to 9; Senior High, defined as grades 10 to 12). 2001,Delacorte, 200p, $15.95. Ages 12 to 18. Reviewer: Sherry York SOURCE: VOYA, August 2001 (Vol. 24, No. 3)
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Sixteen-year-old Rose Ann, on a Caribbean cruise with her grandmother, becomes involved in the political intrigue surrounding the defection of Enrique, a teenaged Cuban baseball player. His uncle, a well-known major-leaguer who had previously defected from Cuba, has smuggled him on board. Rose discovers the plan and enlists the help of other teenagers to keep Enrique safely under wraps so that he can set foot on American soil. If he's captured at sea, he must be returned to Cuba. This is no lighthearted romp, for Enrique's entire future (and possibly his very life) is at stake. Cuban officials attempt to frame him for a murder, so they might arrest him and remove him from the ship. Other murders are committed and must be solved. Sprinkle in parent problems, romance, and a little teen angst and you have a fast-paced, engaging mystery. It is by no means a perfect example of the genre: some of the clues are a little obvious and several of the characters are one-dimensional. Story elements are introduced and then dropped with a thud, violating even the most basic concept of the red herring. However, Rose is a delightful character. She is observant, intelligent, compassionate, and downright plucky. Enrique's situation is compelling and timely. Nixon (Will's Story, not reviewed, etc.) has built a solid reputation as a master of mysteries for young teenagers, and in spite of its flaws, this one is sure to please her fans. (Fiction. 12-14)
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780440228677
  • Publisher: Random House Children's Books
  • Publication date: 1/14/2003
  • Format: Mass Market Paperback
  • Edition description: Reprint
  • Pages: 208
  • Age range: 12 - 17 Years
  • Product dimensions: 4.19 (w) x 6.88 (h) x 0.57 (d)

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 30, 2007

    Playing for a Mystery

    Sixteen year old Rosie is going on a cruise with her grandmother. On the cruise she is facing life-or-death.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 11, 2006

    GREAT BOOK

    Playing for Keeps was a great book. It was very interesting and kept my attention the entire time. I would definetely recommend it.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 27, 2004

    Great, Amazing

    Playing for Keeps is one of my favorite Joan Lowry Nixon Books. You never want to put it down. She is such a spectacular writer

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  • Anonymous

    Posted November 9, 2003

    GREAT

    This book is really good.Joan lowery nixon was such a great writer.This was the second one of hers i read,now i'm on my sixth and they all have been really good.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 23, 2003

    Playing for keeps

    this book was amazingly thrilling. it is good for a rainy day.

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