Defines addiction; distinguishes between negative and positive addictions; and discusses addiction to gambling, smoking, drugs, food, caffeine, jogging, and other activities.
The 1988 World Series won by the Los Angeles Dodgers sets off a chain of life-changing events for thirteen-year-old Ruby Tuesday as she travels to Las Vegas and learns some surprising truths about her family members and their careers as gamblers and musicians.
After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game.
After winning a basketball reporting contest, eighth graders Stevie and Susan Carol are sent to cover the Final Four tournament, where they discover that a talented player is being blackmailed into throwing the final game.
Having lost everything in a tidal wave in 1169 Sicily, nineteen-year-old Don Giovanni has only his pride and good looks. He makes a simple-sounding wager with the devil who offers him unlimited wealth as long as Giovanni does not bathe or change his clothes for over three years. Giovanni sacrifices his beauty and his pride while struggling desperately to win the wager and save his soul.
Unable to resist the lure of poker but reluctant to admit his addiction, sixteen-year-old Andrew, a talented player who relies on his mathematical skills to plan game strategy, risks friendship and his parents' trust as he begins to take money from his father's business to finance his secret gambling activities.
Having won thousands of dollars playing high-stakes poker in Las Vegas, seventeen-year-old Denn Doyle hits a losing streak after falling in love with a young casino card dealer named Cattie Hart.
