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Slot Machine (Elvin, #1) by Chris Lynch is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"If you don't have a slot, what are we going to do with you?" It's called Twenty-One Nights with the Knights. But for Elvin Bishop--fourteen, overweight, and a self-proclaimed nonathlete--this summer sports "retreat" is more like the twenty-one trials of hell. As everyone around him, including his best friends, slips smoothly into athletic "slots," Elvin is pounded on the football field, slammed on the baseball diamond, and tortured on the wrestling mat--always coming out a complete failure. But appearances can be deceiving. Sometimes real strength comes from breaking the rules rather than playing the game. And sometimes finding acceptance is less about fitting in than about making your own way--with grit and humor. All incoming freshmen at Flagship Academy’s summer program are suppose to find an athletic ‘slot’ for themselves. But there is no slot for Elvin, a wise-cracking, overweight sports incompetent who bounces from one humiliating game to another. How he discovers his own place for himself—with grit and humor—makes for "a funny, poignant coming-of-age story...[A] wry, thoughtful book [that] speaks with wisdom and heart to the victim and outsider in us all."—BL. Bulletin

Who reads Slot Machine (Elvin, #1)?

Author

Chris Lynch

Publisher

HarperCollins Publishers; HarperTeen

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780613002110

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.5 / 5 (143 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14