Best Selling Books by Pete Hautman

This story starts with the main character, Denn, being knocked over by a bus. Having picked himself up from the street and "feeling lucky", Denn continues on his way. But the story''s main theme is how Denn finds himself dragged into gambling and loses his friends.

Sixteen-year-old Dennis Doyle finds himself alienating both friends and family when he becomes obsessed with playing high-stakes poker with adult gamblers.

High school newspaper reporter Roni finds an age-progressed photograph on a missing children''s website of a boy that looks just like her sidekick Brian, throwing the pair into an investigation of Brian''s past and family heritage.