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Overturned / Lamar Giles.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780545812504
- ISBN: 054581250X
- ISBN: 9781338169942
- ISBN: 1338169947
- Physical Description: 341 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Scholastic Press, 2017.
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
| Summary, etc.: | Nikki Tate's father has been on death row for killing his best friend in a gambling dispute, but he has always maintained his innocence, and now his conviction has been overturned and he is back at the casino, where high school junior Nikki has been operating illegal poker games in the hopes of saving enough money to get out of Vegas after graduation--and now he is determined to find the real killer, and Nikki is inevitably drawn into his dangerous search for the truth. |
| Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader MG+ 4.8 12. Accelerated Reader AR 4.8 12.0 188085. |
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| Genre: | Mystery fiction. Detective and mystery fiction. |
Available copies
- 14 of 15 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Southbury Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 15 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southbury Public Library | TEEN 2. GILES (Text) | 34019140098211 | Teen Fiction | Available | - |
Overturned
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Overturned
What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas . . .Nikki Tate is infamous, even by Las Vegas standards. Her dad is sitting on death row, convicted of killing his best friend in a gambling dispute turned ugly. And for five years, he's maintained his innocence. But Nikki wants no part of that. She's been working on Operation Escape Vegas: playing in illegal card games so she can save up enough money to get out come graduation day.Then her dad's murder conviction is overturned. The new evidence seems to come out of nowhere and Nikki's life becomes a mess when he's released from prison. Because the dad who comes home is not the dad she remembers. And he's desperately obsessed with finding out who framed him--and why.As her dad digs into the seedy underbelly of Vegas, the past threatens everything and Nikki is drawn into his deadly hunt for the truth. But in the city of sin, some sinners will do anything to keep their secrets, and Nikki soon finds herself playing for the biggest gamble ever--her life.
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