Playing Solitaire

by Nancy Antle, Tim O'Brien (Illustrations)

Living with her grandfather in a small Oklahoma town, fourteen-year-old Ellie is in constant fear that she will be approached by her father, who is running from the police because he attacked her and mutilated her hand.

Genres: Young Adult

112 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2000

Reviews

[Nanosynergy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quick read. Fairly well written. Told in first person by the main character, Ellie, who is about 15 or 16 years old. She is the only child of a terminally-ill mother and alcoholic father. The book deals with the mature themes of parental loss and her father's physical/verbal abuses his wife and daughter. I found this at our local library. I believe it is out of print.

More about the author can be found at: http://nancyantle.com/

[Fgardner · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is out of print now maybe but easily gotten still. One of my all-time favorites. Gorgeous characterization and wonderfully spare and intense.