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Playing for Keeps | Plot Summary

This Study Guide consists of approximately 16 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of Playing for Keeps.
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Rosie accompanies her grandmother, Glory, on a Caribbean cruise and becomes involved in a shipboard mystery. Irritated that Glory is trying to be a matchmaker by encouraging a romance with Neil, Rosie falls in love with Cuban exile Ricky Urbino who is a stowaway on the ship. She and Neil cooperate in an attempt to clear Ricky of a murder for which he was falsely accused. Rosie convinces Neil and their new friend Julieta to help hide Ricky from immigration authorities until they reach Miami where he can safely ask for political asylum.

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Playing for Keeps from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.
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