First Title value, for Searching:
Aces wild : a heist
First Author value, for Searching:
DeWitt, Amanda, author.
General Note:
"Life's a gamble. Always have an ace up your sleeve."--Cover
Format:
Libros
Abstract:
"Some people join chess club, some people play football. Jack Shannon runs a secret blackjack ring in his private school's basement. What else is the son of a Las Vegas casino mogul supposed to do? Everything starts falling apart when Jack's mom is arrested for their family's ties to organized crime. His sister Beth thinks this is the Shannon family's chance to finally go straight, but Jack knows that something's not right. His mom was sold out, and he knows by whom: Peter Carlevaro: rival casino owner and jilted lover. Gross. Jack hatches a plan to find out what Carlevaro's holding over his mom's head, but he can't do it alone. He recruits his closest friends--the asexual support group he met through fandom forums. Now all he has to do is infiltrate a high-stakes gambling club and dodge dark family secrets, while hopelessly navigating what it means to be in love while asexual. Easy, right?"-- Book jacket
Tema:
| Casinos -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Asexual people -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Gambling -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Family secrets -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Organized crime -- Juvenile fiction. |
| Casinos -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Fiction. |
| Gambling -- Fiction. |
| Asexuality (Sexual orientation) -- Fiction. |
| Family secrets -- Fiction. |
| Organized crime -- Fiction |
| YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Law & Crime. |
| YOUNG ADULT FICTION / LGBTQ+. |
| YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Social Themes / Dating & Sex. |
| Asexual people. |
| Casinos. |
| Family secrets. |
| Gambling. |
| Organized crime. |
| Nevada -- Las Vegas. |
| Young adult fiction. |
| Fiction. |
| Juvenile works. |
| Novels. |
| Young adult works. |
| Suspense fiction. |
Summary:
"Some people join chess club, some people play football. Jack Shannon runs a secret blackjack ring in his private school's basement. What else is the son of a Las Vegas casino mogul supposed to do? Everything starts falling apart when Jack's mom is arrested for their family's ties to organized crime. His sister Beth thinks this is the Shannon family's chance to finally go straight, but Jack knows that something's not right. His mom was sold out, and he knows by whom: Peter Carlevaro: rival casino owner and jilted lover. Gross. Jack hatches a plan to find out what Carlevaro's holding over his mom's head, but he can't do it alone. He recruits his closest friends--the asexual support group he met through fandom forums. Now all he has to do is infiltrate a high-stakes gambling club and dodge dark family secrets, while hopelessly navigating what it means to be in love while asexual. Easy, right?"--
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