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• MOBI Joan Bauer ✓ ✓ SticksePUB ç sticks epub, Sticks KindleI just really really really love Joan Bauer She's got a lot of heart Her characters are so real Here's the passage I loved best in this book The mom is trying to explain why they persist in living in a little dive of a town that's what the kid thinks in New Jersey I can't make you care for a place that I love I wish I could I don't if I can even explain to you what this town means to me I've lived so many places I didn't care a

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• MOBI Joan Bauer ✓ ✓ SticksePUB ç sticks epub, Sticks KindleMy good friend Kelly Danforth recommended this one to me when I told her I was taking a billiards class in college I'm really glad she did It was a nice ea

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• MOBI Joan Bauer ✓ ✓ SticksePUB ç sticks epub, Sticks KindleTen year old Mickey has a talent and passion for pool same as his late father Mickey's nemesis is Buck Pender a 13 year old bully of the pool hall whom Mickey is determined to defeat in the youth nine ball championship at his grandmother's pool hall Unfoturnately Mickey allows Buck to get to him thus messing with his game What ends up helping Mickey's game and passion is the return of family friend Joseph Alvarez who learned to play pool from Mickey's father Mickey's mother is afraid Joseph will just let Mickey down as he had let the family down after her husband's death But to Mickey who was a baby when his f

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• MOBI Joan Bauer ✓ ✓ SticksePUB ç sticks epub, Sticks KindleJoan Bauer is racing to the top of my list of favorite writersespecially of the books that I call sad happy ones when I talk to my library patrons Sticks leans less on the sad and on the happy but with a lot of determination and hard work along the way In this title 13 year old Mickey Vernon is focused on one thing and one thing only winning the big pool tournament hosted by his family's pool hall But there are pothole

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• MOBI Joan Bauer ✓ ✓ SticksePUB ç sticks epub, Sticks KindleMore like 25 starsCute book and a clever use of mathematics throughout too My main complaint is it was boring at the beginning I mean very boring to the point I almost DNFI like a male protagonist and the pool world is certainly something I haven't read much about I did wonder at the wisdom of a child spending hours upon end in a pool hall such locales seem to have a certain reputation And I wondered how Mickey would ever be allowed to compete in a competition at a family owned business isn't that usually forbidden in the rules? One final irritation for me was that Poppy is female Seem an awfully masculine name for a Grandma

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• MOBI Joan Bauer ✓ ✓ SticksePUB ç sticks epub, Sticks KindleThis book is really well written I also liked it because this is how helped me to learn the game pool So if any of you want to learn then just read this book This is about a boy and his dead fathers friend and the boys friend So the boy wanted to learn pool and he asked his fathers friend and it was really hard to convince him but he said yes But the boy just wanted to learn for fun Then he got so good that he got to the championships But your just going to have to read it to see who wins in the championships

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• MOBI Joan Bauer ✓ ✓ SticksePUB ç sticks epub, Sticks Kindle35 tbh this book was better than I thought it'd be but some of the parts got on my nerves and there were some loose end Although I admire Mickey for playing his heart out even though he thought his hand would break Also there were a couple heartfelt moments but not many

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• MOBI Joan Bauer ✓ ✓ SticksePUB ç sticks epub, Sticks KindleSticks is about a boy named Mickey and his family owns a pool hall They also live above the pool hall in a little apartment Mickey's dad was a great pool player but then he died Mickey wants to follow in his dad's foot steps and be one of the best junior pool players in the world and he is only 10 years old In order for this Mickey practices everyday after school Also one of his friends Arlen helps him with strategies and what shots to take and how to do it Mickey is really good at math and angles and he uses it in his advantage while he is playing pool He is al

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• MOBI Joan Bauer ✓ ✓ SticksePUB ç sticks epub, Sticks KindleMickey the main character is trying to follow in his father’s footsteps to become a world class pool player After his father passed it’s Mickey and his family that are living in their family pool hall Everyday after school Mickey would be practicing for the 9 ball tournament with his math matician friend Arlen there to help him every step of the way When a long time family friend appears out of the blue He wants to help Mickey because of his past relationship between himself and Mickey’s father At first Mickey’s mother doesn’t approve of Mickey getting help from Joe Alverez the past time friend The opponent of the town is a 13 year old bully named Buck He is the best in the tournament and the only guy standing in Mickey’s victory path Another thing in Mickey’s path is h

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• MOBI Joan Bauer ✓ ✓ SticksePUB ç sticks epub, Sticks KindleSticks is about a boy named Mickey who's family owns a pool hall His family lives in an apartment above His goal is to become the nine ball champion of the world First he has to beat his enemy Buck in the Junior Nine Ball Championship He and his friend Arlen devise a strategy using math to conuer the table but Mickey's nerves and temper always seem to get in his way Especially when he plays against Buck Then an old family friend Joe Alvarez rolls into town and agrees to be Mickey's coach This was a light easy read I believe this is the shortest of

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