I would recommend these tutorials. To me they would be easier to learn and make a game in the time frame you have. Part 5 begins an actual full game the first parts get you use to the framework.

http://fixbyproximity.com/2d-game-development-course/

When I started out years ago, this is what I bought and it is in my opinion one of the best introduction's not only to C++ but also game development. Extremely user friendly book, comes with a compiler on a CD (Bloodshed C++) and walks you through everything step by step in simple English terms. Throughout the course of the book you make multiple games and at the end make a full on blackjack game. It's a lot of fun to walk through the book and you learn a ton.

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