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Playing the Cards You're Dealt (Scholastic Gold)
Fifth-grader Anthony Joplin has one goal: to follow in the footsteps of the men in his family and win his local spades tournament. However, he quickly learns that in both cards and life, sometimes you have to make your own rules. Playing the Cards You’re Dealt is a moving novel about family, empathy, and the culture of toxic masculinity that is sure to spark important conversations.
“With a deft hand, Johnson shows us there's no such thing as "too young" when it comes to questioning big ideas like manhood, or even family.” –Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestselling author of Look Both Ways and Stamped
Literary powerhouse and Coretta Scott King Honor- and Boston Globe / Horn Book Honor-winning author of The Parker Inheritance Varian Johnson explores themes of toxic masculinity and family legacy in this heartfelt, hopeful story of one boy discovering what it really means...
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