about the book
Three kids’ lives are going to be changed by the national Scrabble championship.
Duncan Dorfman possesses the power to read through his fingertips—he can read the tiles before he even turns them over! But should he use it? Would that be ethical?
April Blunt grew up in a family of sports fanatics. Scrabble is not considered a sport, but perhaps she can change their minds if she wins the championship… And Nate has been taught his whole life by his father on the finest points of the game.
But who is it who really wants Nate to win this thing? Nate, or his father who lost the championship in his own youth?
about the author
Meg Wolitzer grew up with books in her hands. Before she was out of school her mother, Hilma, had published two novels already. Everyone in her house took weekly trips to the library—the most exciting time of the week!
Throughout high school Meg was the editor for her school’s literary magazines. After graduating from Brown University in 1981, she published her first novel, Sleepwalking, a story about three college girls.
Meg loves to play Scrabble. She calls it her guilty pleasure, and she loves going online and competing against unknown opponents. Really, anything with words she is bound to love.
Now that readers all over have told her that they love her work, Meg no longer fears she will have to go to law school someday to get a better paying job!
Sources:
Author website
Author biography: Barnes and Noble
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