Sticks
Sticks is a fictional book by Joan Bauer (any relation?) where a kid named Mickey Vernon lives in a pool hall owned by his parents.  He aspires to be a pool great in 9-ball, which is a game with the balls 1-9 where you have to get each ball in, but they have to be in the right order.  He's finally old enough to compete in the hall's tournament, but three weeks before the tournament he sprains his hand really bad.  It's a great book for math, because while this is all going on, Mickey and his friend Arlen, who is a math whiz, are doing a science project about "The Unbelievable Secrets of the Pool Table".
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