The Rookie Bookie
L. Jon Wertheim, Tobias J. Moskowitz
The Rookie Bookie is a middle-grade novel about Mitch Sloan, a new seventh-grader in Jonasburg, Indiana, who loves statistics, sports numbers, and making money but cannot find a way to fit in. Drawing on the tips, truths, and stats the authors explored in the adult bestseller Scorecasting, Mitch turns his math and money skills into a school football betting ring - an instant route to popularity that eventually turns sour and costs him the only real friend he has made. To win her back he must use his brainpower for good and help the school football team win, if the players will listen to a former bookie. The novel was written by sportswriter L. Jon Wertheim and economist Tobias J. Moskowitz, published in 2014, and named a Mathical Book Prize Honor Book in 2015.
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