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Vowing to avenge the murder of her family, Maria, a young Polish resistance worker imprisoned in Auschwitz, plays chess in exchange for her life, and, in doing so, challenges the man who destroyed her family to one last game that will end in either failure or justice.
3) Check & mate
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2023.
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English
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After chess led to the destruction of her family four years earlier, Mallory Greenleaf's focus is a dead-end job that keeps the lights on for her mother and sisters. When she plays in a charity tournament and wipes the board with current world champion Nolan Sawyer, the victory opens the door to sorely needed cash prizes. Mallory struggles to keep her family separated from the game, but she soon realizes that the games aren't only on the board. The...
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"The day Alexis Stone is sworn in as interim sheriff, the Queen's Gambit Killer strikes again, leaving a chilling calling card of a white pawn and a note with a chess move printed on it. Alexis must join forces with Police Chief Nathan Landry to find the killer before their next move"-- Provided by publisher.
No sooner has Alexis Stone been sworn in as the interim sheriff for Russell County, Tennessee, when a serial killer dubbed the Queen's Gambit...
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Sourcebooks Young Readers
Publication Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
354 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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English
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A heartwarming contemporary middle-grade from the author of The Doughnut Fix: As twelve-year-old chess prodigy Milo Bloom grapples with the anxiety that's ruining his game, the last thing he needs is for a brand-new half sister to show up at his door. Twelve-year old chess prodigy Milo Bloom has lost the zone, that magical place his mind goes--or used to go when he plays chess. When he plays now, all he can think about is how bad it will be if he...
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W. W. Norton & Company
Publication Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
240 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
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"A taut historical thriller for fans of The Queen's Gambit and James Bond. December 1803: A French invasion fleet is poised to cross the Channel and storm the beaches of southern England. One of Napoleon's top advisors--disaffected by the Corsican's tyranny--contacts the British naval intelligence service in hopes of defecting to London. His escape plan calls for a rendezvous at an international chess tournament in Frankfurt; a rare opportunity for...
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Scholastic
Publication Date
2011
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133 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
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English
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Four middle-schoolers who publish an alternative newspaper at their Harlem academy for gifted students investigate why a classmate--one of the best chess players in New York City--was caught trying to buy drugs.
8) Focused
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Scholastic Press
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2019.
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Twelve-year-old Clea wants to do her homework, follow instructions, pay attention in school, and play chess on the school team, but somehow she cannot focus on whatever is in front of her, and the other kids at school are starting to notice and make fun of her; when her worried parents take her to be tested she finds out that she has ADHD (only without the hyperactivity)--and with help from the psychiatrist who seems to really understand her she is...








