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Ben Merzich places his readers on a roller coaster when starting 21. The phenomenon reveals the true story of scholars from MIT who used their genius to create a card-counting system that enabled them to legally win more than four million dollars during trips to Vegas. On “business trips”, the team used multiple secret gestures to win big money. As the story moves along, and the money piles up, the team runs into trouble causing a major scare. Merzich does an amazing job not allowing readers to walk away from the outrageous legend of college kids beating the system.

Adam McElrath