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2) Word freak: heartbreak, triumph, genius, and obsession in the world of competitive scrabble players
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Scrabble may be truly called America's game. But for every group of "living-room players" there is someone who is "at one with the board." In Word Freak, Stefan Fatsis introduces readers to those few, exploring the underground world of colorful characters for which the Scrabble game is life-playing competitively in tournaments across the country. It is also the story of how the Scrabble game was invented by an unemployed architect during the Great...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
780L
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-olds Duncan Dorfman, April Blunt, and Nate Saviano meet at the Youth Scrabble Tournament where, although each has a different reason for attending and for needing to win, they realize that something more important is at stake than the grand prize.
Author
Publisher
Salaam Reads
Pub. Date
[2022]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 11
Lexile measure
HL 750L
Language
English
Description
Fifteen-year-old Najwa Bakri is forced to investigate the mysterious death of her best friend and Scrabble Queen, Trina, a year after the fact when her Instagram comes back to life with cryptic posts and messages.
Najwa Bakri walks into her first Scrabble competition since her friend Trina Low's death with the intention to heal and move on with her life. Her friends are eager to be the next reigning champion, but all bets are off when Trina's formerly...
6) You go first
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 5
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Description
Charlotte, twelve, and Ben, eleven, are highly-skilled competitors at online Scrabble and that connection helps both as they face family issues and the turmoil of middle school.
