![]() I know my summary is slightly convoluted a more simple way to put it is that this book is all about bridges. ![]() Like Sachar's previous masterpiece, Holes, The Cardturner hides layer upon layer of meaning with the utmost subtlety.yet is so straightforward about it all that you will trust the narrator implicitly. Getting straight to the point: I loved The Cardturner. Ok, this time I'm skipping all the educated, literary-sounding praise. But he soon learns that Toni might not be as crazy as his mom says, that bridge may not be as boring as he thought, and that not all coincidences are mere coincidences. But when Trapp's health problems lead to his blindness and Alton is roped into being the old man's “cardturner” at his bridge club.Alton has to decide his feelings for himself-along with his feelings for Toni Castaneda, Trapp's niece by marriage and former cardturner according to most, contender for the fortune according to Alton's mom. At least, that's what his mother tells him to say every time Trapp and Alton talk on the phone. ![]() ![]() Alton Richards (not Richard Alton like some of his teachers call him) has always known that wealthy Lester Trapp is his favorite uncle. ![]()
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