The Cardturner: A Novel About a King, a Queen, and a Joker by Louis Sachar

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I did as I was told. “It’s easy to get lost up here,” he said. “I moved here for the view. Hah! ” That was exactly what I had been thinking earlier, but it didn’t seem right to agree with him. ” he asked. I felt foolish, but I pressed on. “An aura,” I tried. ” “I could be living across the street from a junkyard,” he said matter-of-factly, without a trace of bitterness. 8 The Club If you were expecting a fancy club, with plush carpeting, leather chairs, wood paneling, and people sipping brandy and smoking cigars as they discuss the stock market, then you’ve come to the wrong place.

They offered Sophie five hundred thousand dollars for a onetime visit, and one million dollars per year after that for regular monthly visits. In addition, her dad promised to include both daughter and granddaughter in his will. It was the letter that Sophie had thrown in the garbage. She sent a short note back to the lawyers. My daughter is not for sale. When Henry King died, years later, he didn’t leave them a penny. 14 National Championship Cliff wanted to know how much money Trapp got for winning.

Just what I said,” said my mother. ” She then explained that Sophie Castaneda’s father had been Henry King, one of the wealthiest men in America. “Sophie didn’t appreciate her parents and all they did for her. ” I asked. “Don’t be smart,” said my mother. Sophie eventually married Martin Castaneda, and they had a daughter, Toni. Sophie had refused to let her father ever see his granddaughter, or even talk to her on the telephone. Sophie’s father’s lawyers sent her a letter, trying to arrange a meeting between grandfather and granddaughter.