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The Queen of Katwe: One Girl's Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion

The Queen of Katwe: One Girl's Triumphant Path to Becoming a Chess Champion

Crothers, Tim

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Publisher Price: $16.00

ISBN10: 1501127187
ISBN13: 9781501127182
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Published: Sep 6 2016
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.30
Language: English
The astonishing (The New York Times Book Review) and inspirational true story of Phiona Mutesi--a teenage chess prodigy from the slums of Katwe, Uganda--also a major motion picture starring Academy Award winner Lupita Nyong'o and David Oyelowo.

One day in 2005 while searching for food, nine-year-old Ugandan Phiona Mutesi followed her brother to a dusty veranda where she met Robert Katende.

Katende, a war refugee turned missionary, had an improbable dream: to empower kids in the Katwe slum through chess--a game so foreign there is no word for it in their native language. Laying a chess-board in the dirt, Robert began to teach. At first children came for a free bowl of porridge, but many grew to love the game that--like their daily lives--requires persevering against great obstacles. Of these kids, one girl stood out as an immense talent: Phiona.

By the age of eleven Phiona was her country's junior champion, and at fifteen, the national champion. Now a Woman Candidate Master--the first female titled player in her country's history--Phiona dreams of becoming a Grandmaster, the most elite level in chess. But to reach that goal, she must grapple with everyday life in one of the world's most unstable countries. The Queen of Katwe is a remarkable (NPR) and riveting (New York Post) book that shows how Phiona's story transcends the limitations of the chessboard (Robert Hess, US Grandmaster).

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