Nouri and his cousin Talib can only vaguely remember a time before tanks rumbled over the streets of their Baghdad neighborhood-when books, not bombs, ruled Mutanabbi Street.
In this fourth and final book in the Scrubs series, Dan, the quotable man, struggles with his own "e;scrub-ness"e; as he questions the basics of his beliefs about what it takes to be a winner.
Trouble arises between a brother and sister because she always wins the games they play, but then she discovers that she does not have to brag or win all the time.