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When some bullies at his new school almost kill him by slipping a peanut into his sandwich, twelve-year-old Ambrose’s overprotective mother, Irene, decides to home-school him. Now alone in the evenings while his mother works, Ambrose soon discovers a shared love of Scrabble with Cosmo, the twenty-five-year-old son of the Greek landlords who has just been released from jail. He coerces Cosmo into taking him to the West Side Scrabble Club, where Cosmo falls for Amanda, the club director. Through these weekly meetings, an unlikely friendship develops between them and Ambrose blossoms. There’s only one problem: Irene has no idea what Ambrose is up to.
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